NGC 5155

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Open star cluster
NGC 5155
AladinLite
Constellation centaur
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 28 m 35.1 s
declination -63 ° 30 ′ 31 ″
Appearance

Angular expansion 60 '
Physical data

distance  3500 ly
(1070 pc )
history
Discovered by John Herschel
Discovery time June 16, 1835
Catalog names
 NGC  5155 •  ESO  96 - ** 13 •  GC  3546 •  h  3506 •

NGC 5155 is an open star cluster or group of stars in the constellation Centaur . It was discovered on June 16, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope.

Web links

  • NGC 5155. SIMBAD, accessed May 17, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 5155
  3. 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 .
  4. Seligman