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NGC 2455 (also OCL 636 and ESO 560-SC15) is a magnitude +10.2 open cluster located 8643 light-years away in the constellation Puppis.
The cluster contains ~50 stars within an angular size of 15.0'

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 15th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 07h 49m 00.0s, Declination -21° 18' 30"



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