Astronomy:NGC 7093
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| NGC 7093 | |
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 The open cluster NGC 7093 in the Pan-STARRS survey | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Right ascension | 21h 34m 21,0s |
| Declination | +45° 57′ 54″ |
| Distance | 5,822 ± 267 ly (1,785 ± 82 pc)[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 13′[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
NGC 7093 is an open cluster[1] located in the Cygnus constellation. It was discovered by John Herschel on September 19, 1829.[2] It is located at a distance of about 5,800 light-years from the Sun and 28,400 light-years from the Galactic Center.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Tadross, A. L. (2011). "A catalog of 120 NGC open star clusters" (in en). Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society 44 (1). doi:10.5303/JKAS.2011.44.1.1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 7093" (in en). Celestial Atlas. http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc70a.htm#7093.
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