Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 22-Mar-2024)

Result of query: info cati NGC 6259$

Details on Acronym:   NGC 6259
  
NGC 6259 
Write:<<NGC 6259 NNNN # 4 digits>>
N: 40+50+44+44
Object:*inCl
Rem:Stars in 4 quadrants, Q1: N=40, Q2: N=50, Q3: N=44, Q4: N=44,
always a 4 digits format, 1st digit standing for the quadrant number.
Ref:=1974MNRAS.169..539H
byHAWARDEN T.G.
 Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 169, 539-544 (1974)
  NGC 6259: southern image of M 11.
o<NGC 6259 NNNN> (Nos among 1001-4044), N=178

Details on Acronym:   Cl* NGC 6259 H
  
Cl* NGC 6259 H (Hawarden)
====>Equivalent to: NGC 6259