NGC 3446
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Sails of the ship |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 52 m 06.9 s |
declination | -45 ° 08 ′ 21 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | OCl |
Angular expansion | 6.5 ' |
Physical data
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distance | 4800 ly (1485 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | John Herschel |
Discovery time | March 15, 1836 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3446 • ESO 264-SC045 • GC 2246 • h 3301 • |
NGC 3446 is an open star cluster in the constellation Sails of the Ship and has an angular extent of 6.5 '. It was discovered by John Herschel on March 15, 1836 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b SEDS : NGC 3446
- ↑ 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