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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

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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