NGC 371
Appearance
NGC 371 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Tucana |
Right ascension | 01h 03m 25s [1] |
Declination | −72° 04.4′ 00″ |
Distance | 200000 ly (61320 pc) |
Other designations | |
Cl Kron 48, ESO 51-14, Cl Lindsay 71, Cl Melotte 5 |
NGC 371, also called Hodge 53, is an open cluster 200,000 light-years (61,320 pc) away located in the Small Magellanic Cloud in Tucana constellation. It was discovered on 1 August 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.[2]
Star bame | Effective temperature (K) | Absolute magnitude | Bolometric magnitude | Mass (M☉) | Spectral type |
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AB6 | 105000/35000 | -5.15/-6.65 | -10.96/-10.01 | 9/41 | WN4+O6.5I |
AB7 | 105000/36000 | -4.4/-5.7 | -10.51/-9.01 | 23/44 | WN4+O6I(f) |
Hodge53-207 | 50100 | -4.8 | -9.3 | 53 | O |
Hodge53-47a | 48600 | -4.9 | -9.3 | 50 | O4V |
Hodge53-47b | 42400 | -4.9 | -8.9 | 37 | O6.5V |
Hodge53-60 | 37200 | -5.4 | -9 | 36 | O8III |
AV 327 | 33000 | -5.8 | -9.1 | 35 | O9I |
Hodge53-141 | 34400 | -5.8 | -9.2 | 34 | O9III |
Hodge53-137 | 35700 | -5.6 | -9.1 | 34 | O8.5III |
Hodge53-118 | 42500 | -4.6 | -8.6 | 34 | |
Hodge53-91 | 37200 | -5.1 | -8.7 | 32 | O8.5V |
Hodge53-11 | 41800 | -4.4 | -8.3 | 31 | |
Hodge53-74 | 39400 | -4.6 | -8.4 | 30 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NGC 371". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 371". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Massey, Philip; Waterhouse, Elizabeth; DeGioia-Eastwood, Kathleen (May 2000). "The Progenitor Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars and Luminous Blue Variables Determined from Cluster Turnoffs. I. Results from 19 OB Associations in the Magellanic Clouds". The Astronomical Journal. 119 (5): 2214–2241. arXiv:astro-ph/0002233. Bibcode:2000AJ....119.2214M. doi:10.1086/301345. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 16891188.
- ^ Shenar, T.; Hainich, R.; Todt, H.; Sander, A.; Hamann, W.-R.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Eldridge, J. J.; Pablo, H.; Oskinova, L. M.; Richardson, N. D. (2016). "Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: II. Analysis of the binaries". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 1604: A22. arXiv:1604.01022. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A..22S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527916. S2CID 119255408.
External links
[edit]Media related to NGC 371 at Wikimedia Commons
- The Rose-red Glow of Star Formation - ESO Photo release