Astronomy:NGC 7429
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Short description: Open cluster in the constellation Cepheus
| NGC 7429 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 7429 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
| Right ascension | 22h 55m 53.28s[1] |
| Declination | 59° 57m 36s[1] |
| Distance | 4080 ly (1250 pc[1]) |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 15′[1][2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Estimated age | 120 Gyr[1] |
| Other designations | OCL 249 |
NGC 7429[3][4][2] is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. The object was discovered on 29 September 1829 by the British astronomer John Herschel.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kharchenko, N. V. et al. (2013), "Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. II. The catalogue of basic parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 558: 8, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322302, A53, Bibcode: 2013A&A...558A..53K.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Revised NGC Data for NGC 7429". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC7429.
- ↑ "nedwww.ipac.caltech". http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+7429.
- ↑ "NGC 7429". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+7429.
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