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NGC1848
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:7:27.2
Declination: -71:11:44
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 9.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, vlC, st 9…
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1848. There is nothing matching JH's description at his nominal position
(05 06 56, -71 15.1 for B1950.0). He says, "The first and brightest star, 9m,
of a cluster of loosely scattered stars." However, there is such a star 1
minute of time east of JH's position, on the western edge of a scattering of
stars matching his description. I've adopted this "cluster" as JH's object;
it is most likely a poor star cloud in the LMC.
The triple star (or compact cluster? they call it "SL 256") that Archinal and
Hynes point at is likely just the northeastern-most "star" in JH's cluster.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1848
30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): large, scattered group of stars, winding in a loop or U-shape that is open on the east and northeast side. On the west end is a close, unequal double star with the primary being the brightest star in the cluster. In total between 30-36 stars are resolved in a 5' region (stellar assoication LH 28. At the east end of the loop is S-L 256, a faint but clumpy glow of 20" diameter. NGC 1848 is centered 6' NE of mag 7.3 HD 33923.