Q681480
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open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 43.7
- Declination
- +61 ° 47 ′
- Distance
- 2200 ly (676 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 12 arcminute
- Other designations
- Cr 7, C 0040+615
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 657
- Image
- NGC225HunterWilson.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 225
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0068
- declination component of proper motion
- 0.66
- time of discovery or invention
- 1783-09-27
- apparent magnitude
- 7.0
- right ascension
- 10.9125
- declination
- 61.7750
- radial velocity
- -28.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -5.54
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Article
NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located roughly 2,200 light-years from Earth. It is about 100 to 150 million years old.
The binary fraction, or the fraction of stars that are multiple stars, is 0.52.
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