NGC 957

Summary

NGC 957 is an open cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 957 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 957's image is recorded as NGC 957.png^[4].
• NGC 957's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• NGC 957's constellation is recorded as Perseus^[6].
• NGC 957's Commons category is recorded as NGC 957^[7].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as NGC 957^[8].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as OCL 362^[9].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as OCl 362^[10].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as OCl 362.0^[11].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as C 0230+573^[12].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 92^[13].
• NGC 957's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 0211^[14].
• NGC 957's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1831-12-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• NGC 957's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 957^[16].
• NGC 957's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.34'}^[17].
• NGC 957's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+7.6'}^[18].
• NGC 957's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '-42.9'}^[19].
• NGC 957's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+1815'}^[20].
• NGC 957's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120kn5v1^[21].
• NGC 957's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 957^[22].
• NGC 957's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 957^[23].
• NGC 957's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+38.3375'}^[24].
• NGC 957's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+57.5600'}^[25].
• NGC 957's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[26].
• NGC 957's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.14'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 957 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 957 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]