NGC 5999

{{Short description|Open cluster in the constellation Norma}} {{Infobox open cluster | name = NGC 5999 | image = NGC 5999 DECaPS.jpg | caption = NGC 5523 | epoch = [[J2000]] | constellation = [[Norma (constellation)|Norma]] | ra = {{RA|15|59|55}}<ref name=SIMBAD/> | dec = {{DEC|−54|01|54}}<ref name=SIMBAD/> | dist_ly = 5310<ref name=Kharchenko2013/> | appmag_v = 9.0<ref name=SIMBAD/> | size_v = | mass_kg = | mass_msol = | radius_ly = | v_hb = | age = 400 million years<ref name=Kharchenko2013/> | notes = | names = |credit=DECaPS}}

'''NGC 5999''' is an [[open star cluster|open cluster]] in the [[constellation]] [[Norma (constellation)|Norma]]. Its brightest star is [[HIP 78355]].<ref name="streicher"/> It is 5310 light-years distant and thought to be around 400 million years old.<ref name=Kharchenko2013/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=Kharchenko2013>{{cite journal | title=Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. II. The catalogue of basic parameters | author=Kharchenko, N. V. | author2=Piskunov, A. E. | author3=Schilbach, E. | author4=Röser, S. | author5=Scholz, R.-D. | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=558 | id=A53 | pages=8|date=2013 | bibcode=2013A&A...558A..53K|arxiv = 1308.5822 |doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/201322302 | s2cid=118548517 }}</ref> <ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite web | title=NGC 5999-- Open (galactic) Cluster | work=SIMBAD | publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]] | url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+5999| access-date=17 August 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="streicher">{{cite journal | last = Streicher | first = Magda | date = 2005 | title = Deepsky Delights: Sparkling clusters in Norma | journal = Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa |volume=64 |issue=5–6 |pages = 107–09 | bibcode=2005MNSSA..64..107S}}</ref> }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 5999}} [[Category:Open clusters|NGC 5999]] [[Category:NGC objects|5999]] [[Category:Norma (constellation)]]