NGC 1707
| Asterism | |
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| NGC 1707 | |
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| Constellation | Orion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 04h 58m 20.6s |
| declination | + 08 ° 04 ′ 18 ″ |
| Further data | |
| Angular expansion |
1/1 |
| Number of stars |
4th |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Herschel |
| Date of discovery |
January 8, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1707 • IC 2107 • | |
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NGC 1707 = IC 2107 refers to four apparently close together stars in the constellation Orion in the NGC catalog . The catalog entry goes back to an observation made by the astronomer John Herschel on January 8, 1828. The rediscovery of the object by Guillaume Bigourdan on December 25, 1899 led to entry IC 2107 in the index catalog .