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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 07 52 09.8
- Declination
- −38 ° 32 ′ 00 ″
- Distance
- ~ 3600 ly (~ 1100 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 27 ′
- Other designations
- Caldwell 71, Cr 165
- Constellation
- Puppis
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 1222
- Image
- NGC2477.jpg
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- declination
- -38.5300
- radial velocity
- 7.3
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 1363
- apparent magnitude
- 6.64
- Commons category
- NGC 2477
- time of discovery or invention
- 1751-00-00
- right ascension
- 118.0417
- metallicity
- 0.07
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 2.63
- declination component of proper motion
- 3.60
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NGC 2477 (also known as Caldwell 71 or the Termite Hole Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation Puppis. It contains about 300 stars, and was discovered by Abbé Lacaille in 1751. The cluster's age has been estimated at 700 million years.
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