Caldwell 14

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Caldwell 14 is an open star cluster in the constellation Perseus, forming part of the famous Double Cluster visible to the naked eye in dark skies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Caldwell 14 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age about 13 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NGC 869 ⓘ
h Persei ⓘ
angularSize 30 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 5.3 ⓘ
appearsIn Caldwell catalogue of 109 objects ⓘ
linked to: Caldwell catalogue

NGC catalogue ⓘ
approximateStarCount several hundred stars ⓘ
bestObservedWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth November ⓘ
canBeSeenFrom mid-northern latitudes ⓘ
catalog Caldwell catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogCode C14 ⓘ
contains many hot blue stars ⓘ
declination +57° 09′ ⓘ
discoverer Hipparchus ⓘ
possibly known since antiquity ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2300 parsecs ⓘ
about 7500 light-years ⓘ
galacticLatitude about -4 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 135 degrees ⓘ
hasCompanionCluster Caldwell 13 ⓘ
NGC 884 ⓘ
hemisphere northern sky ⓘ
liesNear Milky Way plane ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm of the Milky Way ⓘ
linked to: Perseus Spiral Arm
locatedInConstellation Perseus ⓘ
notableFor being part of the Double Cluster ⓘ
rich stellar population ⓘ
observedInWavelength infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
observingDifficulty easy ⓘ
partOf Double Cluster ⓘ
rightAscension 02h 19m ⓘ
separationAngularDistance about 30 arcminutes ⓘ
separationFrom Caldwell 13 ⓘ
NGC 884 ⓘ
skyRegion Perseus OB association region ⓘ
spectralTypeDominant B-type stars ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Double Cluster → catalogDesignation → Caldwell 14 ⓘ
NGC 884 → alsoKnownAs → Caldwell 14 ⓘ