Cosmic Atlas object record

IC 1318 gam Cyg

IC1318, IC 1318, gam Cyg

IC 1318 gam Cyg is a Cosmic Atlas object record of type star from OpenNGC NGC/IC objects. Its catalog position is right ascension 305.55704167 degrees and declination 40.25669444 degrees. Its catalog distance is 1832.3392006591594 light-years. Its apparent magnitude is 2.23.

IC 1318 gam Cyg
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Object type
star
Constellation
Cyg
Right ascension
305.55704167°
Declination
40.25669444°
Reference frame
J2000 equatorial catalog coordinates
Distance
1832.3392006591594 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
2.23
Catalog source
OpenNGC NGC/IC objects
Catalog identifier
ngc_ic_deep_sky
Source record type
openngc_ngc_ic_catalog
Catalog epoch
J2000 catalog coordinates
Position epoch
J2000
Selection caveat
OpenNGC Pax is not treated as parallax for galaxies. Galactic classes never use Hubble-flow redshift or radial-velocity distance, and radial velocity alone is never converted to distance.
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