Astronomy:NGC 2202
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Short description: Open cluster in the constellation Orion
| NGC 2202 | |
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.jpg) NGC 2202 (SDSS DR14) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Right ascension | 06h 16m 54.0s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 00′ 00″[1] |
| Distance | 2,900 ly (900 pc)[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 7.2′[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
NGC 2202[2][3][4] is an open cluster in the constellation Orion. The object was discovered in 1825 by the German-Russian astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kharchenko, N. V. et al. (August 2005). "Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 438 (3): 1163–1173. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042523. Bibcode: 2005A&A...438.1163K.
- ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2202.
- ↑ "NGC 2202". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2202.
- ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 2202". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC2202.
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