IC 2488
Overlaid DSS image of IC 2488, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right
Aladin viewer for the region around IC 2488
Lac III.4 , Mel 97, Cr 208, Lund 507, ESO 166-SC014, OCL-789
| Type | Open Cluster |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 7.4 |
| Size | 18' |
| Right Ascension | 9h 27' 38.2" (2000) |
| Declination | 57° 0' 25" S |
| Constellation | Vela |
| Description | about 50 stars mags 11.... |
| Classification | II 2 m |
Observing Notes
Andrew Cooper
Jan 31, 2011 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 60x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6.5 Moon: 0%
Large, coarse group of a few dozen stars arranged in two swaths about 10' across
Harold Corwin
IC 2488 = Lacialle III-4. See the entries in the "notngc" files for the short story on this. Briefly, John Herschel did not see the cluster, so it is included in neither GC nor NGC. It was not seen again until Solon Bailey included it in his 1902 Harvard list of bright non-stellar objects.
Other Data Sources for IC 2488
Nearby objects for IC 2488
9 objects found within 120'
| HD 81157 | Markeb | N Velorum |
| NGC 2867 | NGC 2899 | PK278-4.1 |
| Ru75 | Ru77 | V482 Carinae |
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IC 2488