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NGC1791
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:59:6.6
Declination: -70:10:8
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1791
30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright cluster, irregular, ~1' diameter, several mag 14-15 stars are resolved in the core and one on the NW end. Located in the center of an equilateral triangle consisting of mag 8.7 HD 32571 5' WNW, mag 10 HD 268923 5' NE and S-L 158 5.4' S. The latter object appears as a bright, compact knot (cluster), round, 20" diameter, with a surprisingly high surface brightness. The cluster is within LMC-N186 but I didn't note any nebulosity.