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open cluster in Carina

Key facts

Right ascension
10 02 42
Declination
−60 ° 06 ′ 0 ″
Apparent magnitude v
+ 4.2
Other designations
Cr 215
Constellation
Carina

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
911
Image
NGC 3114 Eguivar-crop.jpg
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 1749
Commons category
NGC 3114
time of discovery or invention
1826-05-08
apparent magnitude
4.2
right ascension
150.6500
declination
-60.1200
radial velocity
-3.5
metallicity
0.05
right ascension component of proper motion
-7.09
declination component of proper motion
4.03
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NGC 3114 is a sparse open cluster which is projected onto the outskirts of the Carina complex.

Because of the high number of field stars from the disc of the Milky Way, it is very difficult object to study as this contamination makes its size ambiguous.

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