Type | Open Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | 6.4 |
Size | 24' |
Right Ascension | 4h 15' 18.9" (2000) |
Declination | 51° 12' 41" N |
Constellation | Perseus |
Description | Cl, B, vRi, cC |
Classification | II 2 m |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 21, 2017 Grants Spring, OR (map)
76mm f/6 APO, TeleVue-76 @ 30x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A rich cluster with a couple dozen bright members makring a haze of unresolved faint stars, 10' across, good object for a rich field 'scope
Andrew Cooper
Dec 27, 2003 TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Bright, large 20', coarse, filling the field with stars arranged in very distinct clumps
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
Bright cluster, good low power object; larger stars in curves. E. of Rosse, 9½ mg., red, 30' sf, another 2' f.― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
b Persei | b2 Persei | FR Persei |
HD 27084 | Mayer 2 | NGC 1513 |
NGC 1545 | PK151+2.1 | SY Persei |
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