4-H cluster
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open cluster in the constellation Auriga
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Within Vinony's link graph, 4-H cluster is referenced by 496 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), epoch and NGC 1974.
It is catalogued under topics including Auriga, NGC objects and Open clusters.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 04 51 06.(0)
- Declination
- +43 ° 40 ′ 3(0) ″
- Distance
- 4,200 ± 150 ly (1,289 ± 47 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 18.0′
- Mass
- 640 M ☉
- Other designations
- C 0447+436, Collinder 56, Lund 143, Melotte 27, OCL 411, Raab 19
- Constellation
- Auriga
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Distance from Earth
- 1199
- Image
- NGC1664.jpg
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- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0430
- Commons category
- NGC 1664
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-10-24
- apparent magnitude
- 7.6
- right ascension
- 72.7750
- declination
- 43.6750
- radial velocity
- 7.8
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.32
- declination component of proper motion
- -4.04
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Encyclopedic overview
Map showing the location of NGC 1664 NGC 1664 is an open cluster in the constellation of Auriga. It contains stars with a total of around 640 solar masses with a tidal radius of 43 ly (13.2 pc).
NGC 1664 is a somewhat young cluster, with an age of 675 ± 50 Myr, and is dynamically relaxed. It is located some 4,200 light-years away, or about 1.3 kpc. Born outside of the solar circle, it orbits the center of the Milky Way every 244 million years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “4-H cluster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.