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NGC1754

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:54:17.9
Declination: -70:26:30
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, * 13 att, 135°
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1754

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): bright, fairly small, round, high surface brightness with a relatively thin outer halo, 45" diameter.  Mottled, but unresolved except for a couple of mag 15.5 stars at the edges.  A mag 11 star is just off the southeast side [33" from center].  A mag 10 star (HD 268805) is 3.8' NNW.  NGC 1775 lies 13' E and NGC 1776 is 15' NE.