NGC 4815
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Fly |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 57 m 58.4 s |
| declination | -64 ° 57 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I3m |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.6 likes |
| Angular expansion | 5.0 ' |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | 10000 ly (3079 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | March 13, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4815 • C 1254-646 • OCl 893 • Cr 265 • Lund 628 • ESO 96-SC01 • GC 3317 • h 3443 • | |
NGC 4815 is an open star cluster in the constellation of Fly . It has an apparent magnitude of 8.6 mag and an angular diameter of 5 arc minutes . The star cluster was discovered on March 13, 1834 by the Scottish astronomer John Herschel .