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NGC 225

NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located roughly 2,200 light-years from Earth. It is about 100 to 150 million years old.

The binary fraction, or the fraction of stars that are multiple stars, is 0.52.

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References

  1. ^ "NGC 225". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2006-05-29.
  2. ^ Yalyalieva, L.; Carraro, G.; Glushkova, E.; Munari, U.; Ochner, P. (2022). "The young Galactic cluster NGC 225: Binary stars' content and total mass estimate". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. arXiv:2204.12558. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1199.
  3. ^ R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2.