NGC 7380

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Open star cluster
NGC 7380
SH2-142HunterWilson.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation swan
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 47 m 21.0 s
declination + 58 ° 07 ′ 57 ″
Appearance

classification IIIpn
Brightness  (visual) 7.2 likes
Angular expansion 20.0 '
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
distance  7000 ly
(2145 pc )
diameter 100 ly
history
Discovered by Caroline Herschel
Discovery time August 7, 1787
Catalog names
 NGC  7380 • C 2151 + 470 •  Cr  452 •  GC  4842 •  H  VIII 77 •  h  2182 • nebula: Sh2-142, LBN 511, star clusters: OCl 244, Lund 1022

NGC 7380 or SH2-142, even magician mist (ger .: Wizard Nebula called), is a galactic star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus . The area contains a young open star cluster , is around 7,000 light years away, and has an extent of around 100 light years.

It was discovered by Caroline Lucretia Herschel on August 7, 1787 .

Admission of WISE

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS : NGC 7380
  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