Basic Parameters of NGC 5617 (WEBDA):
- Right Ascension (2000): 14 29 44
- Declination (2000): -60 42 42
- Galactic longitude: 314.670
- Galactic latitude: -0.100
- Distance [pc]: 1533
- Reddening [mag]: 0.485
- Distance modulus [mag]: 12.43
- Log Age: 7.915
SPB stars
References:
Carrier, F., Saesen, S., Cherix, M., Bourban, G., Burki, G., Debosscher, J., Communications in Asteroseismology, Vol.158, p. 199 Proceedings of "38th Liege International Astrophysical Colloquium: Evolution and Pulsation of Massive Stars on the Main Sequence and Close to it", held on July 7-11 2008: Photometric campaign on massive stars in the open cluster NGC 5617