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NGC 457
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open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia
Key facts
- Right ascension
- 01 19 32.6
- Declination
- +58 ° 17 ′ 27 ″
- Distance
- 7.922 kly (2.429 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 13.0′
- Other designations
- Owl Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Caldwell 13, Cr 12, Mel 7, OCL 321, Lund 43, H VII-42, h 97, GC 256
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Cassiopeia
- Distance from Earth
- 2429
- Image
- NGC457.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 457
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0114
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1787-10-18
- apparent magnitude
- 6.4
- right ascension
- 19.8958
- declination
- 58.2867
- radial velocity
- -27.1
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -2.69
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.89
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