NGC 1528
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| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 15 m 18.9 s |
| declination | + 51 ° 12 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | II 2 m |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 6.83 likes |
| Angular expansion | 18 ' |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 1.007 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 2530 ly (776 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 28, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1528 • C 0411 + 511 • OCl 397 • Mel 23 • Cr 47 • Lund 126 • GC 820 • H VII 61 • | |
NGC 1528 is an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus in the northern sky . NGC 1528 has an angular diameter of 18 arc minutes and a magnitude of +6.40 mag. The cluster is about 2500 light years from the solar system and about 6 light years in diameter , its age is estimated at 370 million years.
The object was discovered on December 28, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
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