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NGC1856

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:9:29.4
Declination: -69:7:40
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, R, gbM, 12s diam RA
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1856

18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, this LMC rich cluster appeared bright, moderately large, 1.5' diameter.  Well concentrated with a very bright 30" core similar to a globular cluster.  Located 2' N of mag 9.4 HD 34144 and 23' SSE of NGC 1850.