NGC 5662

Open Cluster NGC 5662 (= Lacaille III.8 = Dunlop 342 = Melotte 127 = Collinder 284), in Centaurus

Right Ascension 14 : 35.2 (hours : minutes)
Declination -56 : 33 (deg:m)
Distance ? (kly)
Visual Brightness 5.5 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 12 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1751-52.

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 5662 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 5662
  • Observing Reports for NGC 5662 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)

    Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
    Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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    Last Modification: 22 Mar 1998, 21:35 MET