IC 2602

Open Cluster IC 2602

(= Lacaille II.9

= Melotte 102 = Collinder 229),

in Carina

Theta Carinae cluster, The Southern Pleiades

Right Ascension	10 : 43.2 (h:m)
Declination	-64 : 24 (deg:m)
Distance	0.479 (kly)
Visual Brightness	1.9 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	50 (arc min)

The splendid open cluster IC 2602 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752

from South Africa.

The distance of IC 2602 has been slightly adjusted from the data of the Hipparcos

satellite; according to these data, the cluster is at 479 light years (the older

value had been 489 light years).

In the

Astronomical League’s Southern Sky Binocular Club list.

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Hartmut Frommert

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 29 Mar 1998, 13:25 MET