NGC 2281
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Constellation | Carter |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 06 h 48 m 17.8 s |
declination | + 41 ° 04 ′ 44 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | I3p |
Brightness (visual) | 5.4 likes |
Angular expansion | 25.0 ' |
Number of stars | approx. 30 |
Physical data
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Affiliation | Milky Way |
Redshift | 0.000070 |
Radial velocity | 21.00 km / s |
distance | 1800 ly (558 pc ) |
Absolute brightness | 5.4 likes |
Metallicity [Fe / H] | +0.13 |
history | |
Discovered by | William Herschel |
Discovery time | March 4, 1788 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2281 • C 0645 + 411 • OCl 446 • Mel 51 • Cr 116 • Lund 259 • GC 1451 • H VIII 71 • |
NGC 2281 is a galactic open star cluster of the Trumpler-type I3p in the constellation Fuhrmann in the northern sky . It has an angular dimension of 25.0 ′ × 25.0 ′ and an apparent magnitude of 5.4 mag. The cluster is about 1,800 light years away and contains around 30 stars . At 300 million years old, the cluster has made one and a half orbits around the center of the Milky Way and is expected to completely disintegrate during the upcoming galactic orbit.
The object was on March 4, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- Amateur recordings. Spektrum.de