NGC 6738

NGC 6738 is an astronomical feature that is catalogued as an NGC object. Although listed as an open cluster in some astronomical databases, it may be merely an asterism; a 2003 paper in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics describes it as being an "apparent concentration of a few bright stars on patchy background absorption".^[4][5]

NGC 6738
NGC 6738 imaged by Pan-STARRS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension	19h 01m 1(8.0)s[1]
Declination	+11° 37′ (00)″[1]
Distance	2,283 ly (700 pc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	8.3[2]
Apparent dimensions (V)	15.0′[2]
Physical characteristics
Other designations	Cr 396, C1859+115, OCL 101.0, KPR2004b.[3] 459
Associations
Constellation	Aquila[2]
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters