NGC 1907
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Carter |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 05 h 28 m 04.5 s |
declination | + 35 ° 19 ′ 32 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | II1m |
Brightness (visual) | 8.2 likes |
Angular expansion | 5 ' |
Number of stars | 30th |
Brightest star | 11 likes |
Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.415 |
Physical data
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Affiliation | Milky Way |
distance | 5100 ly (1556 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery time | January 17, 1787 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 1907 • C 0524 + 352 • OCl 434 • Mel 35 • Cr 66 • Lund 179 • GC 1114 • H VII 39 • h 354 • Raab 35 |
NGC 1907 is an open star cluster in the constellation Carter . It's only about 30 'south of the M38 . The star cluster , discovered by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel on January 17, 1787 , has a diameter of 6 'and an apparent magnitude of 8.2 mag.