NGC 2232
id:
ngc-2232-182-12339415
title:
NGC 2232
text:
NGC 2232 is a bright open star cluster in the equatorial constellation of Monoceros, centered on the star 10 Monocerotis. It is located in the Gould Belt close to the Orion Nebula cluster, at a mean distance of 1,060 ly from the Sun. The average radial velocity of the cluster members is 26.6±0.77 km/s. This is one of the nearest open clusters to the Sun, which makes it a potentially useful target for studying young stars and their transition to the main sequence. The cluster has an angular radiu
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Open cluster in the constellation Monoceros
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2232
date created:
2011-06-18T05:08:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:41:32Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1047630","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1047630"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/NGC_2232.png","width":696,"height":576}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16