NGC 1663

Summary

NGC 1663 is an open cluster^[1]. NGC 1663 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 1663 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 1663's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[4].
• NGC 1663's constellation is recorded as Orion^[5].
• NGC 1663's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1663^[6].
• NGC 1663's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1663^[7].
• NGC 1663's catalog code is recorded as OCl 461^[8].
• NGC 1663's catalog code is recorded as C 0445+130^[9].
• NGC 1663's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 0426^[10].
• NGC 1663's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-02-10T00:00:00Z^[11].
• NGC 1663's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.54'}^[12].
• NGC 1663's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.78'}^[13].
• NGC 1663's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+72.31500'}^[14].
• NGC 1663's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.17000'}^[15].
• NGC 1663's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[16].
• NGC 1663's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.90'}^[17].
• NGC 1663's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+2.18'}^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

NGC 1663's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[4].

Why It Matters

NGC 1663 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]