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EntityQ636435· pop 29· linked from 488 articles

open cluster in Carina

Key facts

Right ascension
10 02 42
Declination
−60 ° 06 ′ 0 ″
Apparent magnitude v
+ 4.2
Other designations
Cr 215
Constellation
Carina

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3114 is a sparse open cluster which is projected onto the outskirts of the Carina complex.

Because of the high number of field stars from the disc of the Milky Way, it is very difficult object to study as this contamination makes its size ambiguous.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q636435” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.