NGC 1856
| NGC 1856 | |
|---|---|
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Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1856 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 09m 29.4s [1] |
| Declination | −69° 07′ 39″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.1 [2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
NGC 1856 is a young, massive star cluster similar to a "blue globular cluster" [3] in the Magellanic Clouds in the constellation Dorado. Its age is estimated to be 80 million years.[3] The object was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop with a 9-inch reflecting telescope.[4]
Sources
- 1 2 NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- ↑ SIMBAD
- 1 2 Hodge, P. W.; Lee, S.-O.: LMC blue globular clusters containing Cepheids. I. NGC 1856; ApJ 276, S. 509-518 (1984)
- ↑ NGC/IC Project
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