NGC 1746 is an
asterism in the constellation
Taurus
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus
* ''Bos taurus ...
that was described in 1863 by
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest and as a result was recorded in the
New General Catalogue
The ''New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars'' (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and ...
(NGC). Previously, the object was classified as an
open cluster
An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way galaxy, and ...
; however, it was shown through more recent observations that it is a random formation of stars in Earth's sky, an
asterism. NGC 1746 has an
apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude () is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object observed from Earth. An object's apparent magnitude depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance from Earth, and any extinction of the object's li ...
of 6.1 and an apparent size of about 40'.
Sources
* Galadí-Enríquez, D.;
Jordi, C.; Trullols, E.
"Astrometry and Photometry of Open Clusters: NGC 1746, NGC 1750 and NGC 1758" in: Astrophysics and Space Science, Bd. 263, Nr. 1/4, S. 307ff. (1998)
External links
*
1746
Events
January–March
* January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland.
* January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces.
* February 1 ...
Taurus (constellation)
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