Deep sky · Open cluster in Vulpecula · Cr 399
Open cluster
Coathanger
The Coathanger: ten stars that make an upside-down clothes hanger, a surprise in binoculars.
- Type
- Open cluster
- Designations
- Cr 399
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.6
- Apparent size
- 60′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 19h 25m · Dec +20° 11′
Science
Once thought to be a cluster, it is a chance alignment of stars at very different distances.