NGC 5043
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 16 m 14.6 s |
| declination | -60 ° 02 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | OCL |
| Angular expansion | 10.0 ' |
| Physical data
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| Radial velocity | 7442 km / s |
| distance | 3150 ly (970 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | June 7, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5043 • ESO 132-SC002 • GC 3464 • h 3476 • | |
NGC 5043 is an open star cluster (type definition "OCL") in the constellation Centaur and about 970 parsecs from Earth. It was discovered on June 7, 1837 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which was called “cluster VIII; oblong; 10 ′ by 7 ′, of loose scattered stars 11th mag ”noted.