IC 2488

Open Cluster IC 2488 (= Lacaille III.4 = Melotte 97 = Collinder 208), in Vela

Right Ascension 09 : 27.6 (h:m)
Declination -56 : 59 (deg:m)
Brightness 7.4p (mag)
Apparent Dimension 15 (arc min)

Southern open cluster IC 2488 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.


Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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Last Modification: 8 Mar 1998, 19:45 MET