NGC 2520
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aft deck of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 04 m 58.3 s |
| declination | -28 ° 08 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | III1p |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 10.0 ' |
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| Discovered by | William Herschel John Herschel |
| Discovery time | December 9, 1784 February 5, 1837 |
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| NGC 2520/2527 • C 0803-280 • OCl 685 • Cr 174 • Lund 415 • ESO 430-SC15 • GC 1621/1624 • H VIII 30 • h 488/3112 • Bennett 39, Caldwell 54 | |
NGC 2520 = NGC 2527 is an open star cluster of the type III1p in the constellation aft deck of the ship in the southern sky . It has an angular extension of 10.0 'and an apparent magnitude of 6.5 mag.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 9, 1784 .