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NGC 884 (also known as χ Persei) is an open cluster located 7640 light years[2] away in the constellation of Perseus. It is the easternmost of the Double Cluster with NGC 869. NGC 869 and 884 are often designated h and χ Persei, respectively.[4] The cluster is about 14[2] million years old. Located in the Perseus OB1 association, both clusters are located physically close to one another, only a few hundred light years apart. The clusters were first recorded by Hipparchus, thus have been known since antiquity.

NGC 884
The Double Cluster, NGC 869 (top) and NGC 884 (bottom) with north to the left
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationPerseus
Right ascension02h 22.0m [1]
Declination+57° 08′[1]
Distance7.6 kly[2] (2.3 kpc[2])
Apparent magnitude (V)3.8[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)30′
Physical characteristics
Estimated age14 My[2]
Other designationsCaldwell 14,[3] Cr 25, Mel 14, Raab 10, OCl 353, Chi Per Cluster, χ Persei[1]
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

The Double Cluster is a favorite of amateur astronomers. These bright clusters are often photographed or observed with small telescopes. Easy to find, the clusters are visible with the unaided eye between the constellations of Perseus and Cassiopeia as a brighter patch in the winter Milky Way. The Double Cluster was also included in the Caldwell catalogue, a catalogue of astronomical objects for amateur observation.[3]

In small telescopes, the cluster appears as a beautiful assemblage of bright stars located in a rich star field. Dominated by bright blue stars, the cluster also hosts a few orange stars that add to the visual interest. Both clusters together offer a spectacular low-magnification view.


References


  1. "NGC 884". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
  2. Currie, Thayne; Hernandez, Jesus; Irwin, Jonathan; Kenyon, Scott J.; Tokarz, Susan; Balog, Zoltan; Bragg, Ann; Berlind, Perry; Calkins, Mike (2010). "The Stellar Population of h and χ Persei: Cluster properties, membership, and the intrinsic colors and temperatures of stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 186 (2): 191. arXiv:0911.5514. Bibcode:2010ApJS..186..191C. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/186/2/191.
  3. O'Meara, Stephen James (2002). The Caldwell Objects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82796-6.
  4. Some confusion surrounds what Bayer intended by these designations. It is sometimes claimed that Bayer could not have resolved the pair into two patches of nebulosity, and that Chi refers to the Double Cluster and h to a nearby star; see Stephen James O'Meara and Daniel W.E. Green, 2003, "The Mystery of the Double Cluster", Sky and Telescope, Vol. 105, No. 2 (February 2003), p. 116–119. Bayer's Uranometria chart for Perseus does not show them as nebulous objects, but his chart for Cassiopeia does, and they are described as Nebulosa Duplex in Schiller's Coelum Stellatum Christianum, which was assembled with Bayer's help; see Morton Wagman, Lost Stars, McDonald & Woodward, 2003, ISBN 0939923785, p. 240.




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[de] Chi Persei

χ Persei (Chi Persei, auch als NGC 884 bezeichnet) ist ein 6,1 mag heller offener Sternhaufen mit einer Winkelausdehnung von 30 Bogenminuten im Sternbild Perseus am Nordsternhimmel. Chi Persei liegt im Abstand von nur zirka 25 Bogenminuten nahe neben dem Sternhaufen h Persei und ist mit bloßem Auge als schwaches Nebelfleckchen zu sehen.
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[ru] NGC 884

NGC 884 (другие обозначения — χ Персея, OCL 353) — рассеянное звёздное скопление в созвездии Персей.


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