NGC 637
DSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Cassiopeia |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 01 h 43 m 03.1 s |
declination | + 64 ° 02 ′ 12 ″ |
Appearance
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Brightness (visual) | 8.2 likes |
Angular expansion | 3 |
Physical data
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Affiliation | Milky Way |
distance | 7045 ly (2160 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | William Herschel |
Discovery time | November 9, 1787 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 637 • OCl 329 • Cr 17 • Lund 51 • GC 378 • H VII 49 • |
NGC 637 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia , which was observed by William Herschel in 1787 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b SEDS : NGC 637
- ↑ Kharchenko, NV; Piskunov, AE; Röser, S .; Schilbach, E .; Scholz, R.-D .: Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters . In: Astronomy and Astrophysics . 438, No. 3, August 2005, pp. 1163-1173. arxiv : astro-ph / 0501674 . bibcode : 2005A & A ... 438.1163K . doi : 10.1051 / 0004-6361: 20042523 .
- ↑ Seligman