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Q583418

Also known as New General Catalogue 1893

open cluster in the constellation Auriga

Key facts

Right ascension: 05 22 44.(0)
Declination: +33 ° 24 ′ 4(2) ″
Distance: 3,790 pc (12,400 ly )
Apparent dimensions v: 11.0′
Estimated age: 4 Myr
Other designations: Cr 63, Mel 33, C 0519+333, Lund 166, OCL 439, OCISM 101, Raab 24, Sh 2-236
Constellation: Auriga

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Distance from Earth: 3280
Image: NGC 1893 Spitzer View.jpg

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right ascension component of proper motion: -0.05
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 0516
Commons category: NGC 1893
time of discovery or invention: 1827-01-22
apparent magnitude: 7.5
right ascension: 80.6833
declination: 33.4117
radial velocity: -2.2
declination component of proper motion: -3.17

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NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the Emission nebula IC 410 (also known as the Tadpole Nebula).

Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4,600 young stellar objects.