NGC 1996

{{Short description|Star cluster in the const5ellation of Taurus}}

{{Infobox open cluster

| name = NGC 1996

| image = File:NGC 1996 DSS.jpg

| caption = The open cluster NGC 1996

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| constellation = Taurus

| ra = {{RA|05|38|10.2}}{{cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?ngc1996|title=Object: NGC 1996 (*)|work=SEDS|access-date=28 October 2017}}

| dec = {{DEC|+35|49|04}}

| dist_ly = 4570

| dist_pc = 1400 pc{{cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/webda/cgi-bin/ocl_page.cgi?cluster=NGC+1996|title=WEBDA page for open cluster NGC 1996|work=WEBDA|access-date=28 October 2017}}

| appmag_v = 988.27 {{cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC1996|title=The open cluster NGC 1996|work=In the sky|access-date=28 October 2017}}

| size_v =

| age = 282 Million

| names = GC 1199, H 8.42 {{cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?NGC+1996|title=NGC 1996|work=SEDS|access-date=28 October 2017}}

}}

NGC 1996 is an open cluster or a group of stars located in the Taurus constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 7, 1785. NGC 1996 is located around 1400 pc (~ 4570 ly) from the Solar System and it is roughly 282 million years old and its apparent size is 22 arcmin.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc19a.htm#1996|title=NGC 1996|work=cseligman|access-date=28 October 2017}}