Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 189  ·  NGC 225  ·  VdB4
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Open clusters NGC 225, NGC 189 and Berkeley 3, Dean Jacobsen
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The most prominent object in this Cassiopeia Milky Way star field is the open cluster NGC 225 and the associated reflection nebula VdB 4. NGC 225 was discovered by Caroline Herschel on September 27, 1783. NGC 225 is 2100 light years distant and its visual magnitude is 7.0. Also seen in this field is the open cluster NGC 189 (bottom center) which was also discovered by Caroline Herschel on September 27, 1783. NGC 189 is believed to be 3500 light years away and its visual magnitude is 8.8. The third open cluster in this field is Berkeley 3 (upper center), which is also known as Stock 24. Finally, several members of Beverly Lynds’ catalog of dark nebula can be seen in the field – LDN 1302 and 1291 are on either side of VdB 4. LDN 1300 is directly below NGC 225 and LDN 1298 and 1290 are toward the bottom of the frame and to the left of NGC 189.

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Open clusters NGC 225, NGC 189 and Berkeley 3, Dean Jacobsen