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Proper Name	None
Caldwell Number	C16
NGC/IC Number	NGC 7243
Other Designations	Collinder 448, Melotte 240
Constellation	Lacerta
Right Ascension	22h 15m 8s
Declination	+49° 53' 54"
Distance	c.2,800 light years c.900 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.4 Absolute: -3.1
Diameter	Apparent: 29' Actual: 22 light years
Number of Stars	c. 1,300
Optimum Visibility	September (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	This open cluster lies against the densely starred background of the Milky Way as it passes through the northern parts of Lacerta. The cluster itself is marginally too faint to be seen with the naked eye, and the nearest naked-eye star is blue 4 Lacertae, some 1.5° to the cluster's east.

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An open star cluster in Lacerta, about 2,800 light years from Earth. It appears to be a fairly young cluster in stellar terms, probably little more than a hundred million years old, and consists of hot blue and white stars.

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