IC 4756

E460848

IC 4756 is a large, bright open star cluster in the constellation Serpens, often observed as a rich field of moderately aged stars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
IC 4756 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
star cluster ⓘ
age moderately aged ⓘ
~800 million years ⓘ
angularSize ~52 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentBrightness naked-eye under dark skies ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 4.6 ⓘ
appearsAs rich star field ⓘ
approximateNumberOfMemberStars >100 ⓘ
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
catalogue Index Catalogue ⓘ
cataloguedIn Lund Catalogue of Open Clusters ⓘ
constellation Serpens ⓘ
contains G-type stars ⓘ
K-type stars ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ
declination +05° 27′ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryYear 1791 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~1300 light-years ⓘ
~400 parsecs ⓘ
evolutionaryStatus intermediate-age open cluster ⓘ
galacticComponent Galactic disk ⓘ
galacticLatitude +05° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 36° ⓘ
hasTrumplerClass II 1 m ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Serpens Cauda ⓘ
metallicity near-solar ⓘ
nearbyObjectOnSky NGC 6633 ⓘ
observedAs large, bright open cluster ⓘ
otherDesignation C 1835+054 ⓘ
Melotte 210 ⓘ
OCL 65 ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 38m ⓘ
seasonalVisibility summer ⓘ
stellarPopulation intermediate-age stars ⓘ
usedFor studies of Galactic disk structure ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ
visibleIn binoculars ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ

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

Serpens Cauda → contains → IC 4756 ⓘ