NGC 1996 is an open cluster or a group of stars located in the Taurus constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785. NGC 1996 is located around 1400 pc (~ 4570 ly) from the Solar System and it is roughly 282 million years old and its apparent size is 22 arcmin.
Star cluster in the const5ellation of Taurus
NGC 1996
All data from the card 7
- Right ascension
- 05h 38m 10.2s
- Declination
- +35° 49′ 04″
- Distance
- 4570 (1400 pc)
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 988.27
- Estimated age
- 282 Million
- Other designations
- GC 1199, H 8.42
- Constellation
- Taurus
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