Q754101

Also known as New General Catalogue 559, C 8

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

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 7900
Image: NGC 0559 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 0122
Commons category: NGC 559
time of discovery or invention: 1787-11-09
apparent magnitude: 9.5
right ascension: 22.3800
declination: 63.3020
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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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.