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NGC371
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:3:26.0
Declination: -72:3:54
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, F, L, R, pC, st 14…16
Sub-type: OCL+EN
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 371. See NGC 222.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 371
18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x and UHC filter, this is a fairly bright, prominent, round SMC nebulous cluster, up to 6' in diameter with a fairly well-defined edge. The haze has a fairly consistent high surface brightness and seems suspended in a large, scattered cluster or star cloud (Hodge Association 53). A 5' string of four mag 10-11 stars oriented NW-SE is superimposed on the glow as well as a number of fainter stars. This is an excellent low power field with the striking HII region NGC 346 22' WSW and NGC 395/IC 1624 8'-10' NE.
10x30 and 15x50 IS binoculars: easily visible along with NGC 346.