NGC 7772

NGC 7772
NGC 7772 Credit: SDSS DR14
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Right ascension	23^h 51^m 46.0^s[1]
Declination	+16° 14′ 48″[1]
Distance	4900 ly (1500 pc[2])
Apparent dimensions (V)	3.0′[2]
Physical characteristics
Estimated age	1.5[2] Gyr
Not a cluster
Other designations	C 2349+159, OCl 230[1]
Associations
Constellation	Pegasus

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

• List of NGC objects

References

1. "NGC 7772". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Krone-Martins, A; Soubiran, C; Ducourant, C; Teixeira, R; Le Campion, J. F (2010). "Kinematic parameters and membership probabilities of open clusters in the Bordeaux PM2000 catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 516: A3. arXiv:1006.0096. Bibcode:2010A&A...516A...3K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913881. S2CID 119252831.
3. "Your NED Search Results". nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 7772". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
5. 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. 480 (4): 5242–5259. arXiv:1807.00822. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.480.5242K. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2171. ISSN 0035-8711.

External links

• Media related to NGC 7772 at Wikimedia Commons