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NGC 4609 · Coalsack Cluster

NGC 4609 · Open cluster · Crux

Coalsack Cluster

Also known as C 98

Caldwell 98

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Crux
Position (J2000): 12h 42m 17s · −62° 59′ 45″
Discovered: by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 6.9; visual
Size: 5.4′
Distance: ~4,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May; Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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