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NGC1711
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:50:36.2
Declination: -69:59:8
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 10.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: globular, B, S, iR, rrr, st 14
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1711
30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): very bright, large impressive cluster, appearing like a globular! Contains an intensely bright core which is very mottled surrounded by a well resolved halo. There appears to be two superimposed layers of stars in the halo as it includes a number of brighter stars overlaid on several dozen fainter stars. The halo extends out to at least 4' diameter, though without a sharp border as it thins. Located 9' S of mag 7.2 HD 31518. Nearby objects include S-L 56 5.5' S, NGC 1702 10' NW and NGC 1704 14' NNW.