Astronomy:NGC 2302
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| File:NGC 2302 PanS.jpg NGC 2302 imaged by Pan-STARRS | |
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| Constellation | Monoceros |
| Right ascension | 06h 51m 53.67s[1] |
| Declination | −07° 04′ 54.8″[1] |
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NGC 2302 (also called NGC 2299) is an open cluster[2] in the constellation Monoceros.[3] It was discovered on March 4, 1785, by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 2302)[4][3] and separately on January 19, 1828 by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 2299).[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) results for object NGC 2302". NASA/IPAC. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+2302&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
- ↑ "NGC 2302". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2302.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2300 - 2349". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc23.htm#2302.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 2250 - 2299". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc22a.htm#2299.
- ↑ Costa, Edgardo; Moitinho, André; Radiszc, Matías; Muñoz, Ricardo R.; Carraro, Giovanni; Vázquez, Ruben A.; Servajean, Elise (August 2015). "Insights into the properties of the Local (Orion) spiral arm. NGC 2302: First results and description of the program". Astronomy & Astrophysics 580: A4. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525784. ISSN 0004-6361. http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525784.
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