NGC 433 | |
Dist Ly: | 2kpc |
Age: | 65 Myr |
Names: | C 0112+598, OCISM 71, OCl 319, [KPR2004b] 16, [KPS2012] MWSC 0110. |
NGC 433 is an open cluster in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, located at a distance of 6,500 light years from the Sun. It was discovered on September 29, 1829, by John Herschel, and was described by John Dreyer as "cluster, small, a little compressed." The cluster is considered on the poor side, with only 12 stars above magnitude 16. It has a linear diameter of 8.06disp=outNaNdisp=out, with around 479 times the mass of the Sun and an age of 65 million years.