IC 2488

Open Cluster IC 2488 (= Lacaille III.4 = Dunlop 330 = Melotte 97 = Collinder 208), type 'd', in Vela

Right Ascension 09 : 27.6 (h:m)
Declination -56 : 59 (deg:m)
Brightness 7.4p (mag)
Apparent Dimension 15 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1752.

Southern open cluster IC 2488 was discovered by Nicholas Louis de Lacaille on January 25, 1752 from South Africa and cataloged as Lacaille III.4.

  • Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for IC 2488
  • SIMBAD Data of IC 2488
  • Publications on IC 2488 (NASA ADS)
  • NGC Online data for IC 2488


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