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NGC1751

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:54:12.1
Declination: -69:48:23
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, iR
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1751

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, fairly large, round, 1.3' diameter, slightly brighter offset core with an irregular halo.  Two mag 15-15.5 stars resolved at the edges and a couple of extremely faint mag 16-16.5 stars are occasionally resolved within the cluster.