NGC 2408
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| Constellation | giraffe |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 07 h 40 m 31.9 s |
| declination | + 71 ° 40 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Angular expansion | 10.0 |
| Physical data
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| distance | 3700 ly (1133 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2408 • GC 1542 • h 452 • | |
NGC 2408 is a dissolving open star cluster or asterism in the constellation Giraffe . The object was observed and described by John Herschel in January 1830 and was later included in Dreyer's NGC.
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ SEDS : NGC 2408
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Seligman