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NGC 103
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open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 103 is referenced by 897 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), New General Catalogue and NGC 129.
It is catalogued under topics including Cassiopeia (constellation), NGC objects and Open clusters.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 25 18
- Declination
- +61 ° 21.0 ′
- Apparent dimensions v
- 5 ′
- Other designations
- Cr 1, OCL291
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Image
- NGC 0103 DSS.jpg
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- declination
- 61.3400
- apparent magnitude
- 10.28
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0040
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1829-10-05
- right ascension
- 6.2700
- epoch
- J2000.0
- radial velocity
- -116.70
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.18
- declination component of proper motion
- -0.33
- Commons category
- NGC 103
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 103 is a small open cluster. It is partially visible in an 8" amateur telescope under moderately light polluted skies. It is roughly 4600 light-years from the Sun.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 103” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.