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EntityQ853868· pop 32· linked from 552 articles

Also known as Caldwell 98

open cluster in Crux

Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Crux
Distance from Earth
1223
Image
NGC 4609 large.png
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Commons category
NGC 4609
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2062
discoverer or inventor
James Dunlop
time of discovery or invention
1826-05-12
apparent magnitude
6.9
right ascension
190.5750
declination
-62.9950
radial velocity
22.0
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-8.83
declination component of proper motion
-0.74
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