Open Cluster NGC 559

NGC 599
NGC 599: Section of DSS2 [147]

History

This cluster was discovered on 9 November 1787 by William Herschel using his 18.7 inch reflecting telescope. He cataloged it as VII 48 and noted: «A compressed cluster of some pretty large and many very small stars, irregurarly round, 6 or 7' diameter.» [464] Dreyer added the cluster as NGC 559 to his «New General Catalogue» published in 1888. [313]

Physical Properties

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke [277]
DesignationNGC 559
TypeOCL (II2m)
Right Ascension (J2000.0)01h 29m 31.0s
Declination (J2000.0)+63° 18' 06"
Diameter7 arcmin
Visual magnitude9.5 mag
Metric Distance1.258 kpc
Dreyer DescriptionCl, B, pL, pRi
Identification, RemarksWH VII 48; h 124; GC 330; OCL 322

Finder Chart

The cluster NGC 559 is located in the constellation Cassiopeia. The best viewing time is June to March when the in Europe circumpolar constellation is at its highest.

Cassiopeia: Open Cluster NGC 559
Finder Chart Open Cluster NGC 559
17:15
22:32 | 26.6°
03:48
Charts created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. Limiting magnitudes: Constellation chart ~6.5 mag, DSS2 close-ups ~20 mag. Times are shown for timezone UTC, Latitude 0°, Longitude 0°, Horizon height 5°, Date 2025-11-06. [149, 160]

Objects Within a Radius of 10°

Abell 1
Abell 2
Abell 3
Abell 6
BV 5-1
BV 5-2
BV 5-3
IC 10
Gamma Cassiopeiae Nebula
IC 59/63
IC 1747
Heart Nebula
IC 1805
Messier 103
NGC 103
NGC 129
NGC 136
NGC 189
Sailboat Cluster
NGC 225
Pacman Nebula
NGC 281
NGC 381
NGC 436
Owl Cluster
NGC 457
NGC 637
NGC 654
NGC 659
NGC 663
h+χ Persei
NGC 869/884
NGC 896
Little Rosette Nebula
Sh 2-170
Phantom of the Opera Nebula
Simeis 21
Simeis 22

References

  • [147] Aladin Sky Atlas, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS); aladin.unistra.fr
  • [149] SkySafari 6 Pro, Simulation Curriculum; skysafariastronomy.com
  • [160] The STScI Digitized Sky Survey; archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form
  • [277] Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge; Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke; 2021-02-17
  • [313] A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged; Dreyer, J. L. E.; Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. 49: 1–237 (1888); Bibcode:1888MmRAS..49....1D
  • [464] Catalogue of a second thousand of new nebulae and clusters of stars; with a few introductory remarks on the construction of the heavens; William Herschel; Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1 January 1789; DOI:10.1098/rstl.1789.0021