NGC 433

open cluster

Key facts

Right ascension: 01 15 12.0
Declination: +60 ° 08 ′ 00 ″
Distance: 6.5 kly (2.0 kpc )
Mass: 479 +810, −301 M ☉
Estimated age: 65 Myr
Other designations: C 0112+598, OCISM 71, OCl 319, [KPR2004b] 16, [KPS2012] MWSC 0110.
Constellation: Cassiopeia

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Distance from Earth: 2000
Image: NGC 433.jpg

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catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 0110
time of discovery or invention: 1829-09-29
right ascension: 18.800
declination: 60.133
radial velocity: -36.91
right ascension component of proper motion: -5.70
declination component of proper motion: -0.37
Commons category: NGC 433

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NGC 433 is an open cluster in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, located at a distance of 6,500 light years from the Sun. It was discovered on September 29, 1829, by John Herschel, and was described by John Dreyer as "cluster, small, a little compressed." The cluster is considered on the poor side, with only 12 stars above magnitude 16. It has a linear diameter of 26.3 ly, with around 479 times the mass of the Sun and an age of 65 million years.

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