NGC 1342
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| The open star cluster NGC 1342 ( SDSS ) | |
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| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 31 m 40.1 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 22 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | III 3 p |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.7 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 7.35 likes |
| Angular expansion | 17 ' |
| Number of stars | approx. 60 |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.544 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 2169 ly (665 pc ) |
| Age | 450 million years |
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| Discovered by | William Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 28, 1799 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1342 • C 0328 + 371 • OCl 401 • Mel 21 • Cr 40 • Lund 110 • GC 717 • H VIII 88 • h 301 • | |
NGC 1342 denotes an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus and is approximately 2200 light years from the Sun. It has around 60 member stars and is estimated to be 450 million years old.
NGC 1342 has because of its appearance, which in the constellation Scorpio remembers the name Little Scorpio . The open star cluster NGC 1342 was discovered on December 28, 1799 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c SEDS: NGC 1342
- ↑ SIMBAD database
- ^ A site Devoted to Stellar Clusters in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
- ↑ SuW 01.2016 p. 68f
- ↑ Seligman ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
