NGC 6087

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open cluster of

Norma

original description

Cl, B, L, lC, st 7..10 (cluster, bright, little compressed, stars magnitude 7 to 10)

random

Point Francis or Portage Island, on the southwest side of the bay, was studied by Vonheeder (1972). He found the south facing shoreline of the island to be eroding from southerly wave attack.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223671

Wikipedia

NGC 6087 (Wikipedia) NGC 6087 (also known as Caldwell 89 or the S Normae Cluster) is an open cluster of 40 or more stars centered on the Cepheid variable S Normae in the constellation Norma. At a distance of about 3500 ly and covering a field of almost one quarter of a degree, the stars range from seventh- to eleventh-magnitude, the brightest being 6.5 magnitude S Normae. The aggregate visual magnitude of the cluster is about 5.4.