NGC 1545
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| Constellation | Perseus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04 h 20 m 56.2 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 15 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | II 2 p |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 7.2 likes |
| Angular expansion | 12 ' |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 1.481 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Redshift | −0.000042 |
| Radial velocity | −12.70 km / s |
| distance | 2319 ly (711 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 28, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1545 • C 0417 + 501 • OCl 399 • Cr 49 • GC 831 • H VIII 85 • | |
NGC 1545 is the name of an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus and has an angular diameter of 12 arc minutes and a brightness of +6.2 mag. The open star cluster NGC 1545 was discovered on December 28, 1790 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel .