NGC 2202 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Right ascension | 06h 16m 54.0s [1] |
Declination | +06° 00′ 00″ [1] |
Distance | 2,900 ly (900 pc) [1] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 7.2′ [1] |
Physical characteristics | |
Associations | |
Constellation | Orion |
NGC 2202 [2] [3] [4] is an open cluster in the constellation Orion. The object was discovered in 1825 by the German-Russian astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve.