NGC 1907

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Open star cluster
NGC 1907
AladinLite
Constellation Carter
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05 h 28 m 04.5 s
declination + 35 ° 19 ′ 32 ″
Appearance

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

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.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS: NGC 1907
  3. Seligman