NGC 133

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Open star cluster
NGC 133
NGC 133
NGC 133
AladinLite
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 31 m 16.9 s
declination + 63 ° 21 ′ 09 ″
Appearance

classification IV1p
Brightness  (visual) 9.4 mag
Angular expansion 3 '
Number of stars 10 to 15
Redness ( excess color  E (BV)) 1.455
Physical data

distance  2500 ly
(780 pc )
Age 10 million years
history
Discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Discovery time February 4, 1865
Catalog names
 NGC  133 • C 0028 + 630 • OCl 296 •  Cr  3 • Lund 17 •  GC  5103 •

NGC 133 is a type IV1p open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia in the northern sky . NGC 133 has an extension of 3.0 'and an apparent magnitude of 9.4 mag.

The star cluster discovered by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on February 4, 1865 is rather poor in stars and hardly stands out from the sky background.

Web links

Commons : NGC 133  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. SIMBAD database
  2. a b c SEDS
  3. NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
  4. AL Tadross: A catalog of 120 NGC open star cluster . In: Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society , 44, 2011, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.5303 / JKAS.2011.44.1.1 .
  5. Seligman
  6. Observation report at www.waa.at