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Encyclopedia > IC 2602

The Southern Pleiades (also known as the Theta Carinae Cluster, Open Cluster IC 2602, or IC 2602) is an open cluster in the Carina constellation. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa. The cluster is at a distance of about 479 light years away from Earth and can be seen with the naked eye.


External links

  • The Southern Pleaides @ SEDS IC objects pages (http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/i2602.html)

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Canberra Astronomical Society - Southern Cross - April 2000 (2228 words)
The large open cluster IC 2602 (RA 10h 43m, Dec -64 24'), for example, centred on the star Theta Carinae, is too big for the telescope and needs the wider field of view that binoculars provide.
IC 2714 (11h 18m, -62 42') is located less than a degree to the north.
IC 2501 (9h 39m, -60 05'), a stellar planetary nebula, needed the OIII filter to identify it by blocking out the nearby stars.
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