NGC 1901

Summary

NGC 1901 is a star cluster^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #13 of 43).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 1901 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 1901's image is recorded as NGC 1901 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 1901's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 1901's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[6].
• NGC 1901's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1901^[7].
• NGC 1901's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1901^[8].
• NGC 1901's catalog code is recorded as OCl 791.1^[9].
• NGC 1901's catalog code is recorded as C 0518-685^[10].
• NGC 1901's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 0500^[11].
• NGC 1901's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1836-12-30T00:00:00Z^[12].
• NGC 1901's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.3582'}^[13].
• NGC 1901's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+1.62'}^[14].
• NGC 1901's metallicity is recorded as {'amount': '-0.08'}^[15].
• NGC 1901's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+409'}^[16].
• NGC 1901's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121hdw2v^[17].
• NGC 1901's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1901^[18].
• NGC 1901's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1901^[19].
• NGC 1901's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+79.5458'}^[20].
• NGC 1901's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-68.4500'}^[21].
• NGC 1901's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[22].
• NGC 1901's age estimated by a dating method is recorded as {'unit': 'Q524410', 'amount': '+0.6'}^[23].
• NGC 1901's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+12.6920'}^[24].
• NGC 1901's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+12.692'}^[25].
• NGC 1901's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.5953'}^[26].
• NGC 1901's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+1.595'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1901 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1901 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #13 of 43).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]