Key facts
- Right ascension
- 02 00 12
- Declination
- +55 ° 35 ′ 50 ″
- Constellation
- Perseus
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Distance from Earth
- 1207
- Image
- NGC 0744 DSS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 744
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1831-11-28
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0153
- apparent magnitude
- 7.9
- right ascension
- 29.650
- declination
- 55.467
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.38
- declination component of proper motion
- -2.96
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 744 (also known as C 0155+552) is a small open cluster located in the Perseus constellation containing approximately 140 stars. It was discovered by 19th century English astronomer John Herschel on 28 November 1831. NGC 744 has a visual magnitude of 7.9 and is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 1.50 inches (40mm) or more, and is moving towards the Sun with a radial velocity of -25.47 km/s±0.15. It is located approximately 4478.13 light years, (1373 pc), from the Earth.
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