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Open cluster · Vela

NGC 2547

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Type

Open cluster

Constellation

Vela

Position (J2000)

8h 10m 09s · −49° 12′ 21″

Discovered

by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures

2

Typical integration

2.3 h

Magnitude

4.7

visual

Size

7.8′

Distance

~1,500 ly

Best months

Dec–Feb

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.