NGC 7142

Also known as New General Catalogue 7142

open cluster in the constellation Cepheus.

Key facts

Right ascension: 21 45 10.0
Declination: +65 ° 46 ′ 18 ″
Distance: ~6,200 ly (~1,900 pc )
Estimated age: Between 3 × 10 yr and 6 × 10 yr
Other designations: Cr 442, C 2144+655
Constellation: Cepheus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: open cluster
Constellation: Cepheus
Distance from Earth: 1.9
Image: NGC 7142 PanS.jpg

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discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1794-10-18
catalog code: Collinder 442
apparent magnitude: 9.3
right ascension: 326.2917
declination: 65.77167
epoch: J2000.0
radial velocity: -44.12
metallicity: 0.11
right ascension component of proper motion: 1.06
declination component of proper motion: -4.43
Commons category: NGC 7142

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 7142 is an open cluster about 6,200 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus.

Due to the observational difficulties NGC 7142 presents, it has been an infrequent topic of research. Current known studies include only work being done at the University of Kansas.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 7142” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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