NGC 436
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| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 15 m 57.8 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 49 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I3m |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.8 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 8.01 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5 ′ |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.555 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | approx. 9,800 ly (approx. 3,000 pc ) |
| Age | about 85 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | FW Herschel |
| Discovery time | November 3, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 436 • C 0112 + 585 • OCl 320 • Mel 6 • Cr 11 • Lund 320 • GC 244 • H VII 45 • Raab 2 | |
NGC 436 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia with an angular extent of 5 ′ and an apparent magnitude of 8.8 mag. It was discovered on November 3, 1787 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NED
- ↑ a b NGC 436
- ↑ a b SIMBAD database
- ^ A site Devoted to Stellar Clusters in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds
- ↑ Seligman