NGC 2281 is an
open cluster of stars in the northern
constellation of
Auriga. It was discovered by English astronomer
William Herschel
Frederick William Herschel (; german: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline ...
on March 4, 1788 and described as a, "cluster of coarsely scattered pretty
rightstars, pretty rich".
[ The Trumpler class for NGC 2281 is I3p, indicating a poor (p) but compact (I) grouping with a wide range of brightness (3).][ It is located at a distance of approximately from the ]Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...
and is 630–661 million years old.[
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Open clusters