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open cluster in Vela

Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Vela
Distance from Earth
499
Image
NGC 3228 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 1794
discoverer or inventor
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
time of discovery or invention
1751-00-00
apparent magnitude
6.0
right ascension
155.3417
declination
-51.7283
epoch
J2000.0
radial velocity
-22.4
parallax
2.0323
metallicity
0.01
right ascension component of proper motion
-14.880
declination component of proper motion
-0.649
Commons category
NGC 3228

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