IC 2602

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Open cluster
IC 2602
IC 2602
IC 2602
AladinLite
Constellation Keel of the ship
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 42 m 56.5 s
declination -64 ° 23 ′ 39 ″
Appearance

classification II3m
Brightness  (visual) 1.6 mag
Number of stars 60
Brightest star (Theta) θ Carinae mag
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
distance  480 ly
diameter 10 ly
Age 50 million years
history
Discovered by Nicolas Lacaille
Discovery time 1751
Catalog names
 IC  2602 • OCl 838 •  Cr  229 • Lund 556 •  ESO  93-SC2 •

IC 2602 ( Southern Pleiades ) is an open star cluster of type II3m in the constellation Kiel of the ship south of the ecliptic . It has an apparent magnitude of +1.60 mag and a diameter of 100 arc minutes . It is about 480 light years away from the solar system and has a diameter of about 10 light years and contains about 60 upper main sequence stars . The age of the cluster is estimated to be 50 million years.
In the southern hemisphere , IC 2602 can easily be mistaken for the Pleiades , which can only be observed in the northern starry sky .

The object was discovered in 1751 by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille .

Stars

Stars from IC 2602
designation apparent
brightness 		Spectral
class 		Distance
(Lj)
Theta Carinae 2.76 B0 Vp 455
HD 93194 4.79 B5 Vn 480
HD 92938 4.82 B3 V 430
HD 93607 4.85 B4 V 510
HD 93549 5.23 B6 / 7 V 480
HD 93540 5.34 B6 Vnn 510
V364 Carinae 5.52 B8 IIIp (Si) 500
HD 92536 6.31 B8 V 515

Web links

Commons : IC 2602  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SEDS : IC 2602
  2. ↑ Seligman