NGC 2054

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Asterism
NGC 2054
NGC 2054 DSS.jpg
Constellation Orion
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05h 45m 15.4s
declination -10 ° 04 ′ 59 ″
Further data
Number of stars

4th

history
discovery

George Bond

Date of discovery

October 6, 1850

Catalog names
NGC  2054 •
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In the NGC catalog, NGC 2054 designates four apparently close together stars in the constellation Orion . The catalog entry goes back to an observation by the astronomer George Phillips Bond on October 6, 1850.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman