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star cluster

Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Vela
Distance from Earth
2.3
Image
NGC 2866 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 1658
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1835-03-31
right ascension
140.5290
declination
-51.1000
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-8.69
declination component of proper motion
6.07
Commons category
NGC 2866
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