NGC 2262
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | unicorn |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 39 m 38.1 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 08 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I2p |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4th |
| Number of stars | > 900 |
| Brightest star | +12.7 mag |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | (0.55 ± 0.10) |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 11700 ly (3600 pc ) |
| Age | (1.0 ± 0.2) 10 9 years |
| Metallicity [Fe / H] | 0.008 ± 0.004 |
| history | |
| Discovered by | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2262 • C 0635 + 012 • OCl 531 • Cr 109 • Lund 242 • GC 1438 • H VII 37 • h 400 • | |
NGC 2262 is an open star cluster in the constellation Unicorn with a diameter of 4 arc minutes and an apparent magnitude of 11.3 mag. The star cluster was discovered on December 27, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- WEBDA page on NGC 2262
- Carraro et al .: The Intermediate-age Open Clusters Ruprecht 61, Czernik 32, NGC 2225 and 2262