NGC 7005

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Asterism
NGC 7005
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 21h 01m 57.6s
declination -12 ° 52 ′ 57 ″
Further data
distance

3350 ly (1033 pc)

history
discovery

Heinrich d'Arrest

Date of discovery

August 23, 1855

Catalog names
NGC  7005 • GC 5983
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In the NGC catalog, NGC 7005 denotes many apparently close together stars in the constellation Aquarius . The catalog entry goes back to an observation made by the astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on August 23, 1855.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. 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 .
  3. Seligman