NGC 2547

Open Cluster NGC 2547 (= Lacaille III.2 = Melotte 84 = Collinder 177), in Vela

Right Ascension 08 : 10.7 (h:m)
Declination -49 : 16 (deg:m)
Distance 1.96 (kly)
Visual Brightness 4.7 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 20 (arc min)

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 3532 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: 21 Mar 1998, 14:10 MET