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13 hours ago, Carbon Brush said:

Skymap Pro doesn't enter the distance argument.😄
However, in citing data from two catalogues, it highlights a size discrepancy. 40" or 29".🤨
With mag 5.8 and 100 stars in (approximately) the same apparent diameter as Jupiter, it has to be worth look on a dark night when seeing is good.
What I'm saying is to enjoy the view and leave involved data aquisition to the professionals.

David.

Great answer. Thanks.

8 hours ago, Epick Crom said:

Hi David. NGC 6124 is a beautiful open star cluster in Scorpius, within our galaxy. Just finished observing it. Nice object!

You're right. It is not far away though.

On 25/06/2021 at 23:10, John said:

NGC 6124 is an open star cluster, not a galaxy. Most references that I've seen have it at 18,000 light years distance. So no anomaly.

Welcome to the forum, by the way

 

Yes, you are right. It is a star cluster. I did not pay much attention with the description information. Great forum.

8 hours ago, Epick Crom said:

Hi David. NGC 6124 is a beautiful open star cluster in Scorpius, within our galaxy. Just finished observing it. Nice object!

Wow. I wish I could see it. Thanks.

The attached image show that a galaxy NGC6124 is only 1533 light years away. That makes it inside our galaxy. I cannot understand this anomaly.

Thanks.