NGC 2547 · open cluster
NGC 2547
NGC 2547 is a southern open cluster in Vela, discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa.
RA08h 10m 09sDec−49° 12' 20"
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- NGC 2547
- All designations
- NGC 2547
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Vela
- Best viewing
- Winter · Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 08h 10m 09s
- Declination (J2000)
- −49° 12' 20"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
Visibility tonight
The science
NGC 2547 is a southern open cluster in Vela, discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa. The star cluster is young with an age of 20-30 million years.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via id — the catalog designation was a Wikipedia article title directly.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used