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NGC1764

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:56:27.8
Declination: -67:41:38
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1764

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): relatively bright, fairly small, round, 0.4' diameter.  At 200x, a few very tightly packed stars are resolved within the glow.  A mag 14.2 star is 0.6' S and a mag 12 star is 2.2' SW.  NGC 1786 lies 15' ESE.