NGC 2932

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Asterism
NGC 2932
NGC 2932 DSS.jpg
Constellation Sails of the ship
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 09h 35m 51.6s
declination -46 ° 55 ′ 28 ″
Further data
distance

5000 ly (1525 pc)

history
discovery

John Herschel

Date of discovery

March 3, 1837

Catalog names
NGC  2932 • GC  1881 • h 3179 • ESO 261-10
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NGC 2932 is an asterism in the constellation Sails of the Ship .

The object was discovered on March 3, 1837 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. 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 .
  3. Seligman