NGC 2244

Coordinates

  • X 2219
  • Y -100
  • Z -4199
→ Sol: ∼4,750

Object type

  • Open cluster
  • Star in Cluster
  • Possible star cluster
  • Star cluster
  • Herbig-Haro Object
  • Interstellar matter
  • Maser
simbad:NGC 2244

Neighbourhood :

  • NGC 2244 Sector AA-F c12-0
  • NGC 2244 Sector AA-F c12-2
  • NGC 2244 Sector AP-P c6-14
  • NGC 2244 Sector AU-W b3-2
  • NGC 2244 Sector BC-H b12-3

Wiki

NGC 2244 (also known as Caldwell 50) is an open cluster in the Rosette Nebula, which is located in the constellation Monoceros. This cluster has several O-type stars, super hot stars that generate large amounts of radiation and stellar wind.

The age of this cluster has been estimated to be less than 5 million years. The brightest star in the cluster is 12 Monocerotis, a foreground K-class giant. The two brightest members of the cluster are HD 46223 of spectral class O4V, 400,000 times brighter than the Sun, and approximately 50 times more massive, and HD 46150, whose spectral type is O5V, has a luminosity 450,000 time larger than that of our star, and is up to 60 times more massive, but it may actually be a double star.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "NGC 2244", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.