NGC 1444
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 03 h 49 m 28.9 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 39 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | IV 1 p |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.6 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 7.04 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4 ' |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 1.615 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 3,911 Lj (1.199 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 18, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1444 • C 0345 + 525 • OCl 394 • Cr 43 • Lund 119 • GC 775 • H VIII 80 • h 308 • | |
NGC 1444 is the name for an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus . NGC 1444 has an angular diameter of 4 arc minutes and a magnitude of 6.60 mag.
The open star cluster NGC 1444 was discovered on December 18, 1788 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .