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NGC 1662

Open cluster in Orion

NGC 1662

Simulated image of NGC 1662

04^h48^m 27.0^s[1]

+10° 56′ 12″^[1]

1,425 ly (437 pc)

6.4

20'

Cr55

Orion

NGC 1662 (also known as Collinder 55) is a loosely bound open cluster located in the constellation Orion. It has an apparent magnitude of 7.6^[1] and an approximate size of 20 arc-minutes.

Location[edit]

NGC 1662 lies 1.7º NE of the star Pi1 Orionis.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• CCD image of NGC 1662, Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov, 2018^{[permanent dead link]}