NGC 4815
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Fly |
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 .