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NGC1789

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:57:51.2
Declination: -71:54:3
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, vglbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1789

30" (10/14/15 - OzSky): fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~45" diameter.  A couple of mag 15.5 stars are resolved, one near the west end and another on the northeast side.  Situated on the southwest end of the LMC, with no other significant LMC clusters in the area.