NGC 2547

Open Cluster NGC 2547 (= Lacaille III.2 = Dunlop 410 = Melotte 84 = Collinder 177), type 'd', in Vela

Right Ascension 08 : 10.7 (h:m)
Declination -49 : 16 (deg:m)
Distance 1.96 (kly)
Visual Brightness 4.7 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 20 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille on February 15, 1752.

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 2547 was discovered by Nicholas Louis de Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

  • Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for NGC 2547
  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 2547
  • Publications on NGC 2547 (NASA ADS)
  • Observing Reports for NGC 2547 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)
  • NGC Online data for NGC 2547

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    Last Modification: March 21, 1998