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NGC2477

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:52:10.0
Declination: -38:31:48
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 5.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Lacaille
Year of discovery: 1751
Discovery aperture: 0.5

Observational


Summary description: !, Cl, B, Ri, L, lC, st 12
Sub-type: I3r

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2477 13.1" (2/18/04 - Costa Rica): remarkably rich carpet of mag 11-13 stars at 105x with perhaps 250-300 stars resolved in a 25' field. The appearance is very similar to a highly resolved globular without a sharply concentrated core. There are no distinct boundaries as stars loop outside the main group and many stars are arranged in long streamers. Located roughly 20' N of a mag 4.5 star (HD 64503 = b Puppis). 13.1" (12/22/84): superb cluster, over 200 stars resolved in a 25' diameter, very rich in mag 11-14 stars. Appears similar to NGC 7789 or a rich resolved globular cluster. Located just north of b Puppis (V = 4.5). This is one of the top open clusters in the sky despite the very low elevation! 8" (3/28/81): beautiful, large cluster, very rich in faint stars mag 11-13 over unresolved haze. A mag 4 star is at the south edge.