• Source: NGC 1647

NGC 1647 is an open cluster in the constellation Taurus. It contains nearly 90 stars and it lies at a distance of 550 parsec. It is visible even with binoculars close to Aldebaran. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. It is located behind the Taurus dark nebula complex, approximately 160 parsec away. The brightest main sequence stars are of spectral type B7. Its age is estimated to be 150 million years.




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Media related to NGC 1647 at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Daftar objek NGC
• New General Catalogue
• Daftar eksoplanet
• NGC 1647
• Taurus (constellation)
• NGC 4722
• Herschel 400 Catalogue
• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
• List of NGC objects
• New General Catalogue
• Messier 38
• SZ Tauri
• Melotte catalogue