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NGC1714

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 4:52:8.4
Declination: -66:55:32
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vB, S, E or bi-N, bM, sp of 2
Sub-type: EN

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1714 is a compact, annular HII region in the LMC. On the DSS1 image, there is a bright knot on the east side, and a short extension to the west, with no obvious cluster involved. Nor is there an obvious "central" star. I suspect that inspection of the DSS2 images would show considerably more detail.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1714 18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, surprisingly bright, high surface brightness knot, ~30" diameter with a brighter core. A mag 11 star is 1' NW. Forms a close pair with NGC 1715 just 1' N. NGC 1731 lies 8' E and NGC 1718 is 8' SSE. Situated in the NW corner of the LMC.