NGC 7024

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Asterism
NGC 7024
Constellation swan
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 21h 06m 08.6s
declination + 41 ° 29 ′ 04 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

10.0 '

distance

5700 ly (1760 pc)

history
discovery

Wilhelm Herschel

Date of discovery

October 17, 1786

Catalog names
NGC  7024 • h 2103 • GC 4638 • H VIII 57
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NGC 7024 is an asterism in the constellation Cygnus . It was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on October 17, 1786 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 7024
  3. 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 .
  4. Seligman