NGC 7295

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Open star cluster
NGC 7295 / NGC 7296
AladinLite
Constellation lizard
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 28 m 02.8 s
declination + 52 ° 17 ′ 21 ″
Appearance

Brightness  (B-band) 9.7 likes
Angular expansion 4.0 '
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
distance  9550 ly
(2930 pc )
history
Discovered by William Herschel
Discovery time October 14, 1787
Catalog names
 NGC  7295/7296 • C 2226 + 520 • OCl 228 •  Cr  451 • H VII 41 • GC 4797

NGC 7295 = NGC 7296 is an open star cluster in the constellation Lizard in the northern sky . It has a diameter of 4 arc minutes and is around 10,000 light years away from the solar system.

The object was discovered by William Herschel on October 14, 1787 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 7296
  3. WEBDA
  4. Seligman