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NGC1814

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:3:46.5
Declination: -67:18:3
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, R, s of 2 in Cl
Sub-type: OCL+EN

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1814 is an open cluster in the LMC star cloud NGC 1820, which see.  On the 
DSS2R, NGC 1814 has an HII annulus around it.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1814

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, small, elongated N-S "knot" of stars on the west side of the LMC association NGC 1820 = LH 19.  Three stars are resolved within the 24" glow.  Faint, irregular nebulosity encompasses the knot.  Forms a close pair with NGC 1816 2.5' NNE.