- Source: NGC 1981
NGC 1981 (also known as OCL 525) is an open cluster which is located in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by John Herschel on 4 January 1827. Its apparent magnitude is 4.2 and its size is 28.00 arc minutes. It lies to the north of the Orion Nebula, separated from it by the Sh2-279 region containing NGC 1973, 1975, and 1977.
Some say it looks like an alligator or crocodile, with its eastern star as the snout, its western star as its tail and the two groups of three stars in the middle of it as its two set of legs.
References
External links
Media related to NGC 1981 at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komples Awan Molekul Orion
- NGC 16
- NGC 23
- NGC 55
- Daftar objek NGC
- Messier 84
- New General Catalogue
- 6 Desember
- 2 November
- 19 Maret
- NGC 1981
- List of NGC objects
- Sh 2-279
- New General Catalogue
- List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
- NGC 55
- NGC 2204
- Messier 84
- Orion molecular cloud complex
- NGC 7625
