NGC 6704 is a Open Cluster in the Scutum constellation. NGC 6704 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 9.2, NGC 6704 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 60-70mm aperture or a small telescope.

From Virginia Beach , NGC6704 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:30 (EDT) and reaching an altitude of 38° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:09. All times shown in Virginia Beach local time.

NGC 6704 is a rarely imaged open cluster in Scutum. This may be because it is only one degree north of the far glitzier M11. Also, it is located on the outskirts of Barnard 111 where extinction from the dust greatly dims and reddens the stars by about a factor of about 2.

2023年10月8日 · Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 6704 (= GC 4435, Winnecke, 1860 RA 18 43 20, NPD 95 21.3) is "a cluster, bright, 60 stars of 13th magnitude (Auwers 43)". Physical Information : Apparent size 6.0? arcmin

2015年11月10日 · NGC 6704 is a rarely imaged open cluster in Scutum. This may be because it is only one degree north of the far glitzier M11. Also it is located on the outskirts of Barnard 111 where extinction from the dust greatly dims and reddens the stars by about a factor of about 2.

NGC 6704 - Open cluster in Scutum Constellation.

< NGC List NGC 6704. NGC 6704 is a open cluster located in the constellation of Scutum. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 6704:

The Unified Cluster Catalogue. Reference RA DEC plx pmRA pmDE Rv; Kharchenko et al. (2012) 282.687-5.21 –-0.98

2021年6月19日 · The Scutum Star Cloud, which lies about 10,000 light years from the Solar System, is part of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm of our galaxy. Embedded within the cloud are numerous open clusters and dark nebulae. NGC 6704, the small open cluster on the left side of this image, lies within the Scutum-Centaurus Arm.

Furthermore, the ages estimated for this cluster,Basel 1, and NGC 6704 are found to be higher than previously assumed, inparticular for the last one. The presence of red giants as clustermembers is suggested in Basel 1, NGC 6704, and NGC 6756.