NGC 146

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Open star cluster
NGC 146
NGC 0146 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 33 m 03.9 s
declination + 63 ° 18 ′ 32 ″
Appearance

classification IV 3 p
Brightness  (visual) 9.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 9.59 likes
Angular expansion 5 '
Redness ( excess color  E (BV)) 1.49
Physical data

distance  approx. 9900 ly
(approx. 3000 pc )
history
Discovered by John Herschel
Discovery time October 27, 1829
Catalog names
 NGC  146 • C 0030 + 630 • OCl 299 •  Cr  5 • Lund 21 •  GC  71 • h 28

NGC 146 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia .

The open star cluster NGC 146 was discovered on October 27, 1829 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .

Individual evidence

  1. a b NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SIMBAD database
  3. SEDS: NGC 146
  4. ^ Jean-Claude Mermilliod, Ernst Paunzen: A site Devoted to Stellar Clusters in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds . Retrieved March 12, 2008.
  5. Seligman