View source for NGC 659

{{Short description|Open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox open cluster|
| name = NGC 659
| image = [[File:NGC 659.png|300px]]
| epoch = J2000.0
| class =
| constellation = [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]]
| ra = {{RA|01|44|04}}<ref name=Simbad>{{cite web|title=NGC 659 – Open (galactic) Cluster|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ngc+659&submit=SIMBAD+search|website=Simbad|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|+60|40}}<ref name=Simbad />
| dist_ly = 8.2 [[light year|kly]]<ref name="Hidden Treasures">{{cite book|last1=O'Meara|first1=Stephen James|title=Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures|date=2007|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=9780521837040|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a6VY0Q1zsJoC&pg=PA48}}</ref>
| dist_pc = 
| appmag_v = 7.9<ref name=Simbad />
| size_v = 6.0{{prime}}<ref name=Seligman>{{cite web|last1=Seligman|first1=Courtney|title=Celestial Atlas: NGC Objects: NGC 650 – 699|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6a.htm#659|website=cseligman.com|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104222457/http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc6a.htm#659|archive-date=4 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| mass_kg = 
| mass_msol = 10<sup>5</sup> to 10<sup>6</sup>
| radius_ly = 7.5<ref name="Hidden Treasures" />
| v_hb =
| age = 20my<ref name="Hidden Treasures" />
| notes = 
| names = NGC 659, [[Collinder catalogue|Cr]] 19, OCL 332 }}
[[File:NGC 659 map.png|thumbnail|Map showing the location of NGC 659]]
''' NGC 659''' is an [[open cluster]] in the [[Cassiopeia constellation]]. It was discovered by [[Caroline Herschel]] in 1783.<ref name="Hidden Treasures" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* {{Sky-Map.org}}
* [http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/n0659.html SEDS] – NGC 659

{{NGC objects:500-999}}
{{Cassiopeia (constellation)}}

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[[Category:Open clusters]]
[[Category:Cassiopeia (constellation)]]
[[Category:NGC objects|0659]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1783]]
[[Category:Discoveries by Caroline Herschel]]


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