NGC 2866

Summary

NGC 2866 is an open cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 2866 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 2866's image is recorded as NGC 2866 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 2866's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• NGC 2866's constellation is recorded as Vela^[6].
• NGC 2866's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2866^[7].
• NGC 2866's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2866^[8].
• NGC 2866's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1658^[9].
• NGC 2866's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-03-31T00:00:00Z^[10].
• NGC 2866's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11929860', 'amount': '+2.20'}^[11].
• NGC 2866's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120hnsk9^[12].
• NGC 2866's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2866^[13].
• NGC 2866's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2866^[14].
• NGC 2866's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+140.5290'}^[15].
• NGC 2866's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-51.1000'}^[16].
• NGC 2866's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[17].
• NGC 2866's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+5.73'}^[18].
• NGC 2866's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.62'}^[19].

Body

Designation and Status

NGC 2866's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 2866^[8] and [KPS2012] MWSC 1658^[9].

Why It Matters

NGC 2866 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]