NGC 2015

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Open star cluster
NGC 2015
NGC 2015 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Swordfish
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 5 h 32 m 06.5 s
declination -69 ° 14 ′ 35 ″
Appearance

Angular expansion 5.6 '
Physical data
history
Discovered by John Herschel
Discovery time November 24, 1834
Catalog names
 NGC  2015 •  ESO  56-SC147 • h 2901 • GC 1218

NGC 2015 is the name for an open star cluster of the type C1 in the constellation Swordfish . The object was discovered by John Herschel on November 24, 1834 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 2015
  3. Seligman