Astronomy:NGC 2202

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Short description: Open cluster in the constellation Orion
NGC 2202
NGC2202 - SDSS DR14 (panorama).jpg
NGC 2202 (SDSS DR14)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationOrion
Right ascension 06h 16m 54.0s[1]
Declination+06° 00′ 00″[1]
Distance2,900 ly (900 pc)[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)7.2′[1]
Physical characteristics
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

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. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2202. 
  3. ↑ "NGC 2202". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2202. 
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 2202". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC2202. 

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