NGC 2547

NGC 2547 is a southern open cluster in Vela, discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa. The star cluster is young with an age of 20-30 million years.

NGC 2547
This image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows the bright open star cluster NGC 2547.
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Right ascension8h 09m 52.360s
Declination−49° 10 35.01
Distance1.19 kly (364.0+46.8
−37.9
pc)
Apparent magnitude (V)4.7
Apparent dimensions (V)20
Physical characteristics
Mass201 M
Radius2.61 ly
Estimated age37.7+5.7
−4.8
Myr
Other designationsNGC 2547, Cr 177, Mel 84, Dunlop 410, Lacaille III.2
Associations
ConstellationVela

Observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope showed a shell around the B3 III/IV-type star HD 68478. This could be a sign of recent mass loss in this star.

A study using Gaia DR2 data showed that NGC 2547 formed about 30 million years ago together with a new discovered star cluster, called [BBJ2018] 6. The star cluster NGC 2547 has a similar age compared with Trumpler 10, NGC 2451B, Collinder 135 and Collinder 140. It was suggested that all these clusters formed in a single event of triggered star formation.

NGC 2547 shows evidence for mass segregation down to 3 M.

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