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NGC176

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:35:58.8
Declination: -73:9:58
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, vlE, r, * 8 nr
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 176

18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x this SMC cluster is fairly faint, fairly small, round, ~40" diameter, low surface brightness with a brighter core.  No resolution except for a mag 13 star at the north edge and a mag 14 star at the south edge.  NGC 152 lies 13' WNW.  Located 3.5' NNE of mag 8 HD 3395.