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EntityQ681480· pop 37· linked from 900 articles

Also known as New General Catalogue 225

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

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q681480” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.