NGC 7801

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Asterism
NGC 7801
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 00h 00m 21.4s
declination + 50 ° 44 ′ 42 ″
Further data
distance

4150 ly (1275 pc)

history
discovery

John Herschel

Date of discovery

September 8, 1829

Catalog names
NGC  7801 • GC  5040 • h 2292
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NGC 7801 is the name of an asterism in the constellation Cassiopeia . The object was discovered on September 8, 1829 by John Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. 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 .
  3. Seligman