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star cluster

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Vinony's link graph records 983 inbound references to NGC 272, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1–1000), epoch and NGC 241.

It sits within the topics Andromeda (constellation), Astronomical objects discovered in 1864 and Discoveries by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.

Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Right ascension
00 51 25.1
Declination
+35 ° 49 ′ 18 ″
Constellation
Andromeda

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
star cluster
Constellation
Andromeda
Image
NGC 272.png
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catalog code
C 0048+355
Commons category
NGC 272
discoverer or inventor
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
time of discovery or invention
1864-08-02
apparent magnitude
8.5
right ascension
12.825
epoch
J2000.0
declination
35.833
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 272 is an open cluster (rather an L-shaped asterism) located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on August 2, 1864, by Heinrich d'Arrest.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 272” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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