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NGC2664

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:47:10.4
Declination: +12:36:13
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, st 9…10
Sub-type: OCL

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2664, like NGC 2017 (which see), is probably not a cluster -- but it is a
striking object of about a dozen stars.  Villanova et al (A&A 428, 67, 2004) 
looked at the proper motions, radial velocities, and photometry to see if they 
form a cluster -- they almost certainly do not.

Even so, this is an interesting object, and would probably be quite a sight
at the eyepiece.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2664

17.5" (2/8/97): poor scattered asterism of 10 stars in a 5' region dominated by four mag 10-11 stars in a "kite" asterism with pairs of sides 2' and 3'.  Only noticeable at low power and does not resemble a cluster, although the fainter stars are nicely spaced around the bright stars.  A fainter group with 4-5 mag 13 stars lies 5' NW.  Listed as a nonexistent cluster in RNGC.