IC 2488
Open Cluster IC 2488
(= Lacaille III.4
= Dunlop 330
= Melotte 97 = Collinder 208), type 'd',
in Vela
Right Ascension |
09 : 27.6 (h:m)
|
Declination |
-56 : 59 (deg:m)
|
Brightness |
7.4p (mag)
|
Apparent Dimension |
15 (arc min) |
Discovered by Lacaille in 1752.
Southern open cluster IC 2488 was discovered by
Abbe Lacaille on January 25, 1752 from
South Africa and cataloged as
Lacaille III.4.
Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for IC 2488
SIMBAD Data of IC 2488
Publications on IC 2488 (NASA ADS)
Observing Reports for IC 2488 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)
NGC Online data for IC 2488
Hartmut Frommert
Christine Kronberg
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Last Modification: June 15, 2006