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star cluster

Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Vela
Distance from Earth
1713
Image
NGC 2659 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 1538
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1835-02-03
apparent magnitude
8.6
right ascension
130.650
declination
-44.983
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-5.05
declination component of proper motion
3.54
Commons category
NGC 2659
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