Right Ascension | 06 : 15.7 (h:m) |
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Declination | -18 : 39 (deg:m) |
Distance | 8.6 (kly) |
Visual Brightness | 8.6 (mag) |
Apparent Dimension | 13 (arc min) |
Discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
Open cluster NGC 2204 was discovered on February 6, 1785 by William Herschel, who included it in his catalog as H VII.13. However, in the appendix of his first deepsky catalog, William confused this cluster with H VII.12 (NGC 2360) and erroneously attributed its discovery to his siter Caroline Herschel as of February 26, 1783.
Last Modification: September 5, 2002