NGC 3228

Open Cluster NGC 3228 (= Lacaille II.7 = Collinder 218), in Vela

Right Ascension 10 : 21.8 (h:m)
Declination -51 : 43 (deg:m)
Distance 1.6 (kly)
Visual Brightness 6.0 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 18 (arc min)

Southern open cluster NGC 3228 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list.

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

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Last Modification: 22 Mar 1998, 20:20 MET