NGC 5299
| Asterism | |
|---|---|
| NGC 5299 | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13h 50m 26.2s |
| declination | -59 ° 56 ′ 52 ″ |
| Further data | |
| distance |
3600 ly (1111 pc) |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Herschel |
| Date of discovery |
June 7, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5299 • GC 3654 • h 3537 | |
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NGC 5299 is a multi-star asterism in the constellation Centaur . On June 7, 1837, John Herschel mistakenly mistook it for a star cluster when he observed it with an 18-inch reflector telescope and thus got an entry in the catalog. John Herschel noted in this observation: “Star cluster of Class VII; much more than fills field; a very large and rich milky way cluster, quite insulated on the preceding, north and following sides, and nearly so to the south; forming a kind of peninsular projection, but much richer than the main body of the milky way ".
Web links
- NGC 5299. DSO Browser, accessed February 9, 2016 .
- Hartmut Frommert: Revised NGC Data for NGC 5299. SEDS, accessed on February 9, 2016 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Seligman
- ↑ Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5299. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 9, 2016 (English).