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NGC 2420

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NGC 2420

Summary

NGC 2420 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 2420 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 2420's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].
  • NGC 2420's constellation is recorded as Gemini[5].
  • NGC 2420's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2420[6].
  • NGC 2420's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2420[7].
  • NGC 2420's catalog code is recorded as C 0735+216[8].
  • NGC 2420's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1292[9].
  • NGC 2420's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 154[10].
  • NGC 2420's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 69[11].
  • NGC 2420's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1783-11-19T00:00:00Z[12].
  • NGC 2420's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 2420[13].
  • NGC 2420's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.0'}[14].
  • NGC 2420's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.3'}[15].
  • NGC 2420's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+73.57'}[16].
  • NGC 2420's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '-0.05'}[17].
  • NGC 2420's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q531', 'amount': '+8100'}[18].
  • NGC 2420's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+114.5958'}[19].
  • NGC 2420's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+21.5733'}[20].
  • NGC 2420's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[21].
  • NGC 2420's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.38'}[22].
  • NGC 2420's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.76'}[23].

Body

Definition and Type

NGC 2420's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].

Why It Matters

NGC 2420 has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Red giants in open clusters. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . New catalogue of optically visible open clusters and candidates. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Blue Stragglers in Galactic Open Clusters and Integrated Spectral Energy Distributions. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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