NGC 7419

star cluster

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: OpC
Distance: 11,648 light-years
Redshift: z = -0.00022714802892187524
Coordinates: RA 343.5790° · Dec 60.8140°

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Key facts

Right ascension: 22 54 20
Declination: +60 ° 48 ′ 54 ″
Distance: 2,930 +320, −260 pc
Apparent dimensions v: 2 ′
Other designations: Collinder 453
Constellation: Cepheus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: open cluster
Constellation: Cepheus
Distance from Earth: 18793.168
Image: NGC 7419 2MASS.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 7419
declination: 60.8150
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1787-11-03
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 3672
apparent magnitude: 13.0
right ascension: 343.5833
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: -74.0
right ascension component of proper motion: -2.30
declination component of proper motion: 1.40

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7419 is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. It is heavily reddened and notable for containing five red supergiants, the highest number known in any cluster until the end of the 20th century, but probably no blue supergiants.

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