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NGC1870

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:13:10.0
Declination: -69:7:1
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: B, S, R, glbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1870

24" (4/5/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 200x this cluster (globular?) appeared very bright, small, round, at most 30" in diameter.  The cluster was very grainy and lively at 350x and a few extremely faint stars occasionally popped into view.