Q754101
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open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 01 29 31.20
- Declination
- +63 ° 18 ′ 07.2 ″
- Distance
- 7200 ly (2200 pc )
- Apparent magnitude v
- +9.5
- Apparent dimensions v
- 7.0 ′
- Other designations
- Caldwell 8, Cr 13
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Distance from Earth
- 7900
- Image
- NGC 0559 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0122
- Commons category
- NGC 559
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1787-11-09
- apparent magnitude
- 9.5
- right ascension
- 22.3800
- declination
- 63.3020
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.25
- radial velocity
- -37.70
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.29
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.24
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 559 (also known as Caldwell 8) is an open cluster and Caldwell object in the constellation Cassiopeia. It shines at magnitude +9.5. Its celestial coordinates are RA 01 29.5 , dec +63° 18′. It is located near the open cluster NGC 637, and the bright magnitude +2.2 irregular variable star Gamma Cassiopeiae. The cluster is 7 arcmins across.
It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
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