Astronomy:NGC 1807

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Short description: Asterism in the constellations Orion and Taurus


NGC 1807
Object typeAsterism
Other designationsMel 29
Observation data
(Epoch J2000.0)
ConstellationOrion, Taurus
 05h 10.7m
Declination+16° 32′

NGC 1807 is an asterism at the border of the constellations Orion and Taurus[1] near the open cluster NGC 1817.[2] NGC 1807 has an apparent size of 5.4'[3] and an apparent magnitude of 7.0.[4] It is located toward the Galactic anticenter.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Guide, Universe. "NGC 1807 Star Cluster Facts" (in en). https://www.universeguide.com/galaxy/ngc1807. 
  2. ↑ Streicher, Magda (February 2009). "The Taurus Giants". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. Deep-sky delights. Bibcode: 2009MNSSA..68...38S. https://www.mnassa.org.za/html/Feb2009/2009MNASSA..68..Feb..38.pdf. Retrieved 2026-08-10. 
  3. ↑ "The Sky Live - NGC 1807 - Open Cluster in Taurus". https://theskylive.com/sky/deepsky/ngc1807-object. 
  4. ↑ "ngc1807". https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id. 
  5. ↑ Camargo, D. (July 2013). "Towards a census of the Galactic anticentre star clusters - III. Tracing the spiral structure in the outer disc". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 432 (4): 3349–3360. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt703. Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.432.3349C.