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| NGC 2129 | |
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.jpg) SDSS image of NGC 2129 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Right ascension | 06h 01m 06.5s[1][2] |
| Declination | +23° 10′ 20″[1][2] |
| Distance | 7,200 ly (2,200 pc[3]) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.7 [2] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 2.5 MOA[3] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Radius | 5.2 |
| Estimated age | 10 Myr |
| Other designations | NGC 2129, C 0558+233, OCl 467, OCISM 10, KPR2004b 84.[2] |
| Associations | |
| Constellation | Gemini |
NGC 2129 is an open cluster in the constellation Gemini. It has an angular distance of 2.5 arcminutes and is approximately 2.2 ± 0.2 kpc (~7,200 light years) from the Sun inside the Local spiral arm.[3] At that distance, the angular size of the cluster corresponds to a diameter of about 10.4 light years. NGC 2129 is a very young cluster whose age has been estimated at 10 million years.[3] It was discovered by William Herschel on November 16, 1784
The group is dominated by two close B-Type stars, HD 250289 (B2III) and HD 250290 (B3I). With the two stars sharing the same proper motion and radial velocity it is likely that the two constitute a binary system.[3]
On 21 December 2010 it was occulted by the Moon during a Total Lunar Eclipse (the December 2010 lunar eclipse) over Japan, the North Pacific and North America. This will happen again during the December 2029 lunar eclipse over South America, the Atlantic Ocean and Africa, and again on 21 December 2094 over New Guinea, Northern Australia and the Pacific Ocean.[4]: 160
See also
[edit]- List of Messier objects
- List of NGC objects
- List of open clusters
- General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NED results for object NGC 2129". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ a b c d "NGC 2129". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ a b c d e Carraro, Giovanni; Chaboyer, Brian; Perencevich, James (January 2006). "The young open cluster NGC 2129". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 365 (8): 867–873. arXiv:astro-ph/0510573. Bibcode:2006MNRAS.365..867C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09762.x. S2CID 15621721.
- ^ Meeus, Jan (2002). "Occultations of deep-sky objects during a total lunar eclipse". More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (PDF). pp. 157–162. ISBN 0943396743.
External links
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Media related to NGC 2129 at Wikimedia Commons- NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED): NGC 2129
- NGC 2129 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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