NGC 2627

NGC 2627 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Pyxis.

[5] The cluster has an integrated visual magnitude of 8.4 and it spans an angular size of 11.0′.

[3] NGC 2627 is located at a distance of approximately 5,990 ly (1,837 pc) from the Sun,[2] just above the galactic midplane.

[6] This cluster has a Trumpler class of III 2m,[3] which means it is generally average in appearance with no noticeable concentration of stars.

[6] The cluster population shows four different peaks of star formation, separated by relatively quiescent periods lasting two to three hundred million years.