NGC 7772 explained
| NGC 7772 |
| Credit: | SDSS DR14 |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Ra: | [1] |
| Dist Ly: | 4900 ly |
| Dist Pc: | 1500 pc[2] |
| Size V: | 3.0 |
| Age: | 1.5 Gyr |
| Notes: | Not a cluster |
| Names: | C 2349+159, OCl 230 |
NGC 7772[3] [4] is collection of stars in the constellation Pegasus that were thought to be an open cluster. The stars were first recorded on 7 October 1825 by the British astronomer John Herschel. Gaia data shows stars in the area are unrelated.[5]
See also
Notes and References
- NGC 7772. 18 May 2018.
- 2010A&A...516A...3K. 10.1051/0004-6361/200913881. 1006.0096. Kinematic parameters and membership probabilities of open clusters in the Bordeaux PM2000 catalogue. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 516. A3. 2010. Krone-Martins. A. Soubiran. C. Ducourant. C. Teixeira. R. Le Campion. J. F. 119252831 .
- Web site: Your NED Search Results . nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu . 14 April 2018.
- Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 7772 . spider.seds.org . 14 April 2018.
- Kos. Janez. de Silva. Gayandhi. Buder. Sven. Bland-Hawthorn. Joss. Sharma. Sanjib. Asplund. Martin. D'Orazi. Valentina. Duong. Ly. Freeman. Ken. 13 August 2018. The GALAH survey and Gaia DR2: (non-)existence of five sparse high-latitude open clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. en. 480. 4. 5242–5259. 10.1093/mnras/sty2171. 0035-8711. 2018MNRAS.480.5242K. 1807.00822.
