NGC 5120

Summary

NGC 5120 is an open cluster^[1]. NGC 5120 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 5120 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 5120's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[4].
• NGC 5120's constellation is recorded as Centaurus^[5].
• NGC 5120's catalog code is recorded as NGC 5120^[6].
• NGC 5120's catalog code is recorded as ESO 96-11^[7].
• NGC 5120's catalog code is recorded as OCl 899^[8].
• NGC 5120's catalog code is recorded as C 1322-631^[9].
• NGC 5120's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-06-16T00:00:00Z^[10].
• NGC 5120's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.68'}^[11].
• NGC 5120's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.8'}^[12].
• NGC 5120's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+201.412510'}^[13].
• NGC 5120's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-63.466670'}^[14].
• NGC 5120's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[15].
• NGC 5120's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.24'}^[16].
• NGC 5120's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-4.01'}^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

NGC 5120's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[4].

Why It Matters

NGC 5120 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]