NGC 743

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Open star cluster
NGC 743
DSS recording
DSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 58 m 31.3 s
declination + 60 ° 09 ′ 59 ″
Appearance

classification II1p
Angular expansion 7.0 '
Physical data

Affiliation Milky Way
distance  5275 ly
(1618 pc )
history
Discovered by John Herschel
Discovery time September 29, 1829
Catalog names
 NGC  743 • OCl 343 •  GC  450 •  h  170 •

NGC 743 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia , which was discovered by John Herschel in 1829 .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b SEDS : NGC 743
  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