NGC 2547

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

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 21 Mar 1998, 14:10 MET

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