Open cluster · constellation Per
NGC 869
h Persei Cluster
NGC 869MWSC 175
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 2h 18m 58.6s
- Declination
- +57° 07' 02"
- Size
- 14.4′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 18.12 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Caldwell 14 refers to both NGC869 and NGC884
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