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NGC1849

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:9:34.9
Declination: -66:18:57
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, lE, glbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1849

30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, irregularly round, 1' diameter, small bright core, no resolution.  An equilateral triangle of mag 11/12 stars with sides of 2.4' is centered 4' SW.  While scanning the field, I noticed open cluster S-L 283 7.7' NE.