Astronomy:NGC 2266
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Short description: Open cluster in the constellation Gemini
| NGC 2266 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) image | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Right ascension | 06h 43m 20.2s[1] |
| Declination | +26° 59′ 06″[1] |
| Distance | 11,000 ly (3,400 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.5[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Radius | 16.1 ly |
| Estimated age | ~631 Myr |
| Other designations | Cr 113, Mel 50, Lund 250 |
NGC 2266 is an open cluster[2] in the constellation Gemini. Its apparent size is 5 arc minutes.[3] Its distance is 3,400 parsecs (11,000 ly).[2] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 7 December 1785.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Results for NGC 2266, SIMBAD, Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg, April 30, 2018, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?protocol=html&Ident=NGC+2266
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WEBDA page for open cluster NGC 2266, A site Devoted to Stellar Clusters in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds". University of Vienna. http://www.univie.ac.at/webda/cgi-bin/ocl_page.cgi?cluster=NGC+2266.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 2250 - 2299". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc22a.htm#2266.
External links
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog (29 April 1999)
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog (19 March 2005)
- NGC 2266 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Coordinates: 
06h 43m 18.2s, 26° 58′ 10″
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