Q1043891
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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 04 15 30.72
- Declination
- +51 ° 13 ′ 04.8 ″
- Distance
- 3,110 ± 500 ly (954 ± 154 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 23'
- Estimated age
- 110 Ma
- Other designations
- Cr 47
- Constellation
- Perseus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Distance from Earth
- 776
- Image
- Ngc1528-RGB-crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 1528
- catalog code
- Melotte 23
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1790-12-28
- apparent magnitude
- 6.4
- right ascension
- 63.8458
- declination
- 51.2150
- radial velocity
- -10.1
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.51
- declination component of proper motion
- -3.63
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1528 is an open cluster in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1790. It is located in the north-eastern part of the constellation, just under 3 degrees north of μ Persei. Less than 1.5° to the southeast is the open cluster NGC 1545 (m = 6.2). The NGC 1528 is clearly visible with 10x50 binoculars. 165 stars are recognised as members of NGC 1528, the brightest of which has apparent magnitude 8.7.
See also
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