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NGC 869

open cluster in the constellation Perseus
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NGC 869

Summary

NGC 869 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 869 is credited with the discovery of Hipparchus[3].
  • NGC 869's image is recorded as NGC869NGC884.jpg[4].
  • NGC 869's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 869's constellation is recorded as Perseus[6].
  • NGC 869's part of is recorded as Double Cluster[7].
  • NGC 869's part of is recorded as Milky Way[8].
  • NGC 869's Commons category is recorded as NGC 869[9].
  • NGC 869's companion of is recorded as Q33571[10].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as NGC 869[11].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as OCl 350[12].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 24[13].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 13[14].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as C 0215+569[15].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as OCl 350.0[16].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 84[17].
  • NGC 869's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 0175[18].
  • NGC 869's time of discovery or invention is recorded as -0130-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • NGC 869's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08qqkm[20].
  • NGC 869's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 869[21].
  • NGC 869's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+4.3'}[22].
  • NGC 869's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.7'}[23].
  • NGC 869's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/h-and-Chi-Persei[24].
  • NGC 869's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.3942'}[25].
  • NGC 869's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-38.9'}[26].
  • NGC 869's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q531', 'amount': '+6780'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 869 is credited with the discovery of Hipparchus[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 869 has Wikipedia articles in 36 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . New catalogue of optically visible open clusters and candidates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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