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NGC1768
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:57:0.2
Declination: -68:14:58
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1768. JH's single position (from Sweep 759 on 30 Dec 1836) is southwest
of the center of this small, straggling complex of stars. The northeastern
lobe looks like a typical small LMC cluster, while the southwestern part is
more scattered and centered on a tight, bright knot of stars. It's not clear
from either JH's position or description ("F, R, gbM; 20-arcsec") exactly what
he saw, so I've put positions for both lobes and the overall complex in the
main table.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1768
18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, this LMC cluster appeared fairly faint, small, 0.7' diameter. It seemed to consist of a chain of faint knots of stars. Located 10' ESE of NGC 1755.