NGC 7772

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NGC 7772
NGC7772 - SDSS DR14.jpg
NGC 7772
Credit: SDSS DR14
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension 23h 51m 46.0s [1]
Declination +16° 14′ 48″ [1]
Distance 4900 ly (1500 pc [2] )
Apparent dimensions (V)3.0′ [2]
Physical characteristics
Estimated age1.5 [2] Gyr
Not a cluster
Other designationsC 2349+159, OCl 230 [1]
Associations
Constellation Pegasus
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 7772 [3] [4] is collection of stars in the constellation Pegasus that were thought to be an open cluster. The stars were first recorded on 7 October 1825 by the British astronomer John Herschel. Gaia data shows stars in the area are unrelated. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NGC 7772". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Krone-Martins, A; Soubiran, C; Ducourant, C; Teixeira, R; Le Campion, J. F (2010). "Kinematic parameters and membership probabilities of open clusters in the Bordeaux PM2000 catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 516: A3. arXiv: 1006.0096 . Bibcode:2010A&A...516A...3K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913881. S2CID   119252831.
  3. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 7772". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Kos, Janez; de Silva, Gayandhi; Buder, Sven; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Sharma, Sanjib; Asplund, Martin; D'Orazi, Valentina; Duong, Ly; Freeman, Ken (13 August 2018). "The GALAH survey and Gaia DR2: (non-)existence of five sparse high-latitude open clusters". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480 (4): 5242–5259. arXiv: 1807.00822 . Bibcode:2018MNRAS.480.5242K. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sty2171 . ISSN   0035-8711.


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