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NGC1839
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:6:2.4
Declination: -68:37:37
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: st + neb, pB, iF, 2nd of sev
Sub-type: OCL+EN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1839
24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): very bright cluster forming a striking pair with NGC 1836 just 2.5' W. At 200x appears as a very high surface brightness irregular glo, ~30" diameter, mottled but not resolved. A group of six mag 13-14 stars is off the west side in two short N-S strings. Several fainter clusters are in the field including HS 117 5' SSE, HS 109 6' SSW and S-L 234 6' SE.