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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 7209
Other Designations	Collinder 444, Melotte 238
Constellation	Lacerta
Right Ascension	22h 4m 54s
Declination	+46° 30' 29"
Distance	c.3,800 light years c.1,200 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.69 Absolute: -2.62
Diameter	Apparent: 14' Actual: 16 light years
Number of Stars	c. 1,000
Optimum Visibility	September (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

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A faint open cluster of stars in the constellation of Lacerta, close to its border with Cygnus. Collinder 444 lies within the band of the Milky Way, some 3,800 light years from the Solar System, and contains about a thousand blue and white stars.

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