NGC 2678

Summary

NGC 2678 is an open cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 2678 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 2678's image is recorded as NGC 2678 SDSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 2678's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• NGC 2678's constellation is recorded as Cancer^[6].
• NGC 2678's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2678^[7].
• NGC 2678's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2678^[8].
• NGC 2678's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-03-15T00:00:00Z^[9].
• NGC 2678's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+33.67'}^[10].
• NGC 2678's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121yhfxf^[11].
• NGC 2678's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2678^[12].
• NGC 2678's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2678^[13].
• NGC 2678's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+132.5083'}^[14].
• NGC 2678's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.33833'}^[15].
• NGC 2678's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[16].
• NGC 2678's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.55'}^[17].
• NGC 2678's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-4.32'}^[18].

Body

Designation and Status

NGC 2678's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].

History and Context

NGC 2678's catalog code is recorded as it^[8].

Why It Matters

NGC 2678 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]