NGC 2172

Summary

NGC 2172 is an open cluster^[1]. NGC 2172 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 2172 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 2172's image is recorded as NGC 2172 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 2172's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• NGC 2172's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[6].
• NGC 2172's part of is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[7].
• NGC 2172's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2172^[8].
• NGC 2172's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2172^[9].
• NGC 2172's catalog code is recorded as ESO 57-65^[10].
• NGC 2172's catalog code is recorded as [SL63] 812^[11].
• NGC 2172's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-01-31T00:00:00Z^[12].
• NGC 2172's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.75'}^[13].
• NGC 2172's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.93'}^[14].
• NGC 2172's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122z34h0^[15].
• NGC 2172's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2172^[16].
• NGC 2172's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2172^[17].
• NGC 2172's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+90.025542'}^[18].
• NGC 2172's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-68.6364972'}^[19].
• NGC 2172's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[20].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2172 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2172 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]