NGC 2266

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Open star cluster
NGC 2266
SDSS recording, angle of view 15 '× 15'
SDSS recording, angle of view 15 '× 15'
AladinLite
Constellation Twins
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 06 h 43 m 19.2 s
declination + 26 ° 58 ′ 10 ″
Appearance

classification II2m
Brightness  (visual) 9.5 likes
Angular expansion 5.0 '
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
distance  9900 ly
(3040 pc )
Absolute brightness 9.5 likes
history
Discovered by William Herschel
Discovery time December 7, 1785
Catalog names
 NGC  2266 • C 0640 + 270 • OCl 471 •  Mel  50 •  Cr  113 • Lund 250 •  GC  1442 •  H  VI 21 •  h  403 •

NGC 2266 is an open cluster of Trumpler type II2m in the constellation Gemini on the ecliptic . It has a brightness of 9.5 mag and a diameter of 5  arc minutes .

The object was on December 7, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ a b SEDS : NGC 2266
  3. ↑ AL Tadross: A catalog of 120 NGC open star cluster . In: Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society , 44, 2011, pp. 1-11. doi: 10.5303 / JKAS.2011.44.1.1 .
  4. ↑ Seligman