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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

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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

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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.