NGC 2002

id: ngc-2002-264-4796852
title: NGC 2002
text: NGC 2002 is an open cluster located in the Dorado constellation and is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered by James Dunlop on September 24, 1826. Its apparent magnitude is 10.1, and its size is 2.0 arc minutes. NGC 2002 contains five red supergiants, prominent in deep images of the cluster. Together with the main sequence turnoff, these tightly constrain the age of the cluster to 18 million years. The cluster shows strong stellar stratification with the brightest stars concentr
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Open cluster in the constellation Dorado
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2002
date created:
date modified: 2023-05-14T12:41:36Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1046413","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1046413"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/NGC_2002_HST_9891_70_R814_G_B555.png","width":1200,"height":1200}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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