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NGC1747
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:55:11.0
Declination: -67:10:8
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pS, lRi, st vS
Sub-type: OCL+EN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1747
18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x and UHC filter, this LMC nebulous cluster appeared as a fairly large, low surface brightness glow, ~4' diameter encasing a mag 9.7 star (HD 32034). Without the filter the cluster consists of a number of mag 12 and fainter stars that huddle around the bright star. On the DSS, the emission component (LHa 120-N9) is a nearly complete large bubble of 5'-6' in diameter (open on the NE end) with the bright star in the interior to the southwest of center. The stellar component is part of association LH 6. NGC 1735 lies 6.5' NW and NGC 1774 is 17' ESE.