NGC 2547

open cluster in Vela

Key facts

Right ascension: 8 09 52.360
Declination: −49 ° 10 ′ 35.01 ″
Distance: 1.19 kly ( 364.0 +46.8, −37.9 pc )
Apparent dimensions v: 20 ′
Mass: 201 M ☉
Radius: 2.61 ly
Estimated age: 37.7 +5.7, −4.8 Myr
Other designations: NGC 2547, Cr 177, Mel 84, Dunlop 410, Lacaille III.2
Constellation: Vela

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Image: Star cluster NGC 2547.jpg

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NGC 2547 is a southern open cluster in Vela, discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa. The star cluster is young with an age of 20-30 million years.

Observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope showed a shell around the B3 III/IV-type star HD 68478. This could be a sign of recent mass loss in this star.