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NGC 2251

OpenCluster SIMBAD OpC 124 papers

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Right ascension: 06h 34m 43.20s
Declination: +08° 20′ 13.0″
Galactic l, b: 203.61, 0.111
Magnitude V: 7.3
Parallax: 0.658 mas
Redshift z: 8.546e-05
Radial velocity: 25.62 km/s
Proper motion: 0.697, -3.806 mas/yr
Angular size: 14.8′ × 14.8′

Also known as

6 identifiers

C 0632+084NGC 2251OCISM 109OCl 499[KPR2004b] 102[KPS2012] MWSC 0916

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 2251 30	Star	55.03″	16.23
TYC 733-1371-1	Star	60.56″	11.01
NGC 2251 6	Star	89.75″	11.31
NGC 2251 17	Star	90.34″	13.71
NGC 2251 9	Star	97.09″	12.33
HD 259954	Star	117.9″	9.13
NGC 2251 103	Star	125.5″	10.32
HD 259990	Star	126.3″	10.35
UCAC4 492-028735	Star	128″	—
Gaia DR2 3326137611645768704	Star	165.1″	—
NGC 2251 36	Star	165.9″	10.89

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-2251 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.