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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 07 52 09.8
- Declination
- −38 ° 32 ′ 00 ″
- Distance
- ~ 3600 ly (~ 1100 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 27 ′
- Other designations
- Caldwell 71, Cr 165
- Constellation
- Puppis
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2477 (also known as Caldwell 71 or the Termite Hole Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation Puppis. It contains about 300 stars, and was discovered by Abbé Lacaille in 1751. The cluster's age has been estimated at 700 million years.
Visual appearance
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q840003” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.