Type | Open Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | 9 |
Size | 7' |
Right Ascension | 0h 31' 17.0" (2000) |
Declination | 63° 21' 9" N |
Constellation | Cassiopeia |
Description | Cl, pL, st 10..., D * inv |
Classification | IV 1 p |
Andrew Cooper
Jan 13, 2018 Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" GyPSy @ 127x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Visually an unimpressive cluster, a clump in the Milky Way with a rough line of four 10 magnitude stars, in the same field as NGC146 and King14
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
[Kappa Cas] Stands in a grand region. One group resembles a capitol Y― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
12 Cassiopeiae | Kappa Cassiopeiae | King 14 |
King15 | NGC 136 | NGC 146 |
Patchick 78 | Stock20 | Tycho's Supernova |
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