NGC 5269

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Open star cluster
NGC 5269
AladinLite
Constellation centaur
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 44 m 44.2 s
declination -62 ° 54 ′ 45 ″
Appearance

Angular expansion 3.0 '
Physical data

distance  4600 ly
(1410 pc )
history
Discovered by John Herschel
Discovery time April 24, 1835
Catalog names
 NGC  5269 •  ESO  97-SC004 •  GC  3634 •  h  3530 •

NGC 5269 is an open star cluster (type definition "OCL") in the constellation Centaur . It was discovered on April 24, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which, on two observations, showed “cluster class VII. Poor, large, loose irregular figure; fills field; stars 12th mag. ”and“ fine rich milky way group, or rather outlying cluster of a much finer cluster following it ”.

Web links

  • NGC 5269. SIMBAD, accessed May 17, 2015 .
  • NGC 5269. DSO Browser, accessed May 17, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ SEDS : NGC 5269
  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. ↑ Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5269. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 17, 2015 (English).
  5. ↑ Seligman