NGC 5764
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | wolf |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 14 h 53 m 32.2 s |
| declination | -52 ° 40 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | II2p |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ |
| Physical data
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| distance | 9100 ly (2800 pc ) |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | July 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5764 • Cr 288 • ESO 223-SC04 • GC 3996 • h 3582 • | |
NGC 5764 is a 12.6 mag bright open star cluster (type definition "OCL II2p") in the constellation Wolf . It was discovered on July 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described "a small elongated close group of vS milky way stars 3 ′ long, 1.5 ′ broad, so close and faint as to approach very near to the character of a nebula ”noted.
Modern names for this cluster are OCL 934 , Collinder 288 , C 1450-524 and VDBH 167 .