NGC 7071

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Asterism
NGC 7071
Constellation swan
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 21h 26m 39.3s
declination + 47 ° 55 ′ 11 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

4.0 '

distance

5500 ly (1684 pc)

history
discovery

John Herschel

Date of discovery

September 18, 1829

Catalog names
NGC  7071 • h 2119 • GC 4666
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NGC 7071 is a trapezoidal asterism with an attached star chain in the constellation Cygnus . It was discovered by John Herschel on September 18, 1829 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 7071
  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