NGC 2477
eso_perez-ngc_2477 April 16th, 2013
Credit: ESO/J.Pérez
NGC 2477 (also known as Caldwell 71) is an open cluster in the constellation Puppis. It contains about 300 stars, and was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751. The cluster's age has been estimated at about 700 million years. NGC 2477 is a stunning cluster, almost as extensive in the sky as the full moon. It has been called "one of the top open clusters in the sky", like a highly-resolved globular cluster without the dense centre characteristic of globular clusters.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/perez-ngc_2477/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Position Details
- ID
- perez-ngc_2477
- Subject Category
- A.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- Caldwell 71, NGC 2477, Star cluster
- Credits
- ESO/J.Pérez
- Release Date
- 2013-04-16T13:52:47
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/perez-ngc_2477/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 117.190872573, -38.4084865166
- Reference Dimension
- 4003.0, 2632.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2001.0, 1316.0
- Scale
- -0.000661623261068, 0.000661623261068
- Rotation
- 0.1
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- perez-ngc_2477
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/perez-ngc_2477.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-03-21T13:44:06+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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