NGC 2910
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Sails of the ship |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
|
---|---|
Right ascension | 09 h 30 m 29.0 s |
declination | -52 ° 54 ′ 50 ″ |
Appearance
|
|
classification | I2p |
Brightness (visual) | 7.2 likes |
Angular expansion | 6.0 ' |
Physical data
|
|
distance | 8500 ly (2607 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | John Herschel |
Discovery time | April 10, 1834 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2910 • OCl 781 • Cr 209 • ESO 166-SC017 • GC 1868 • h 3171 • |
NGC 2910 is the name of an open star cluster in the constellation Sails of the Ship . NGC 2910 has a diameter of 6 arc minutes and an apparent magnitude of 7.2 mag. The object was discovered on April 10, 1834 by John Herschel .