NGC2547

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NGC 2547 is a young open star cluster located in the constellation Vela, notable for its bright, hot stars and relatively close distance to Earth.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NGC2547 canonical 2
NGC 2547 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
young stellar cluster ⓘ
age about 30 million years ⓘ
ageRange 20–40 million years ⓘ
angularSize about 20 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 4.7 ⓘ
bestSeenIn spring months in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogCode NGC 2547 ⓘ
linked to: NGC2547
contains A-type stars ⓘ
B-type stars ⓘ
F-type stars ⓘ
G-type stars ⓘ
K-type stars ⓘ
M-type stars ⓘ
bright hot stars ⓘ
low-mass stars ⓘ
pre-main-sequence stars ⓘ
solar-type stars ⓘ
declination −49° 12′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas de Lacaille
discoveryYear 1751 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 1200 light-years ⓘ
about 370 parsecs ⓘ
galacticLatitude about −8 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 264 degrees ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Collinder 173 ⓘ
Lacaille I.7 ⓘ
hasCoreRadius a few arcminutes ⓘ
hasMass a few hundred solar masses ⓘ
hasProperty low extinction ⓘ
low interstellar reddening ⓘ
nearby open cluster ⓘ
rich in X-ray active stars ⓘ
used to study lithium depletion in stars ⓘ
used to study stellar activity ⓘ
used to study stellar rotation ⓘ
locatedIn Galactic disk ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Vela ⓘ
memberOf local spiral arm ⓘ
observedWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ
rightAscension 08h 10m ⓘ
usedAs benchmark cluster for young stellar evolution ⓘ
benchmark for rotation–activity–age relations ⓘ
visibleIn Southern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vela → contains → NGC2547 ⓘ
Vela → contains → NGC2547 ⓘ
subject linked to: Vela constellation
NGC 2547 → catalogCode → NGC 2547 ⓘ
subject linked to: NGC2547
linked to: NGC2547