NGC 637

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Open star cluster
NGC 637
DSS recording
DSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 43 m 03.1 s
declination + 64 ° 02 ′ 12 ″
Appearance

Brightness  (visual) 8.2 likes
Angular expansion 3
Physical data

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

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SEDS : NGC 637
  3. 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 .
  4. Seligman