Q570576

OB association in Andromeda Galaxy

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Right ascension: 00 40 31.3
Declination: +40 ° 44 ′ 21 ″
Absolute magnitude v: Unknown
Apparent dimensions v: 4.2′ ( arcmin )
Radius: Ca. 400 ly
Constellation: Andromeda

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Commons category: NGC 206
catalog code: NGC 206
time of discovery or invention: 1786-10-17
declination: 40.73944
right ascension: 10.14083

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NGC 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and the brightest star cloud in Andromeda when viewed from Earth. It was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1786 and possibly even two years earlier when he observed "a streak of milky nebulosity, horizontal, or part of the 31st Nebula."

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