NGC 2352

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Asterism
NGC 2352
NGC 2352 DSS.jpg
Constellation Big dog
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 07h 13m 05.4s
declination -24 ° 02 ′ 46 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

5 '

distance

5700 ly (1750 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Herschel

Date of discovery

March 6, 1785

Catalog names
NGC  2352 • GC  1505 • H VII 15
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NGC 2352 is an asterism in the constellation Big Dog .

The object was discovered on March 6, 1785 by the British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 2352
  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