Caldwell 8, also known as NGC 559, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Cassiopeia, discovered by William Herschel in 1787. It lies roughly 3,700 light-years from Earth and holds on the order of 100 member stars, appearing as a faint, compact grouping best resolved through a telescope rather than binoculars.
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Classification
Constellation CatalogueNew General Catalogue (NGC) 1 Discovery Year In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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2. Wikidata: Caldwell 8
Wikidata Q754101, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source NGC 559 (Wikipedia)
Caldwell 8, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
NGC 559 (also known as Caldwell 8) is an open cluster and Caldwell object in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.
NGC 559, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
NGC 559 (also known as Caldwell 8) is an open cluster and Caldwell object in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.
View the SourceCaldwell 8 (Wikipedia)
In Group: Open Clusters, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Open Clusters, Lead sentence
NGC 559 (also known as Caldwell 8) is an open cluster and Caldwell object in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.
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