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NGC2254

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 6:35:46.6
Declination: +7:40:15
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude: 9.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: Cl, S, pC, iF, st 11…13
Sub-type: I2p

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 2254. The NGC RA for this cluster is 10 seconds of time too far west. While that may be an error in reduction of WH's or JH's observations, it could also simply be a statistical fluke.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2254 18" (3/4/08): small, dense group of ~25 stars in 3' at 225x and 300x. About a dozen of the stars are arranged in a semi-circular chain or "C" that is open on the east side. Several mag 14+ stars are near this loop, segregated into small clumps. 17.5" (2/8/91): at 220x, about two dozen stars over haze in a 3'-4' diameter. About 6 stars of mag 13 form a "C" shaped asterism open on the east side. The brightest mag 13 star is on the NW side of this arc. The rest of cluster members are 14-15th magnitude.