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NGC1876

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:13:18.5
Declination: -69:21:52
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pB, iR, biN, 2nd in group
Sub-type: OCL+EN

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1876 is the largest of a group of four nebulae and star clusters in the LMC. See NGC 1874.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1876 24" (4/5/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this is the largest and brightest in an impressive complex of HII regions just 3' S of the globular cluster NGC 1872. At 200x and a UHC filter it appeared very bright with a slightly irregular outline, ~1.2' diameter, brightest along the north rim where there is a brighter knot. Another bright section, NGC 1874, lies only 1' SW and NGC 1877 is a similar distance south-southeast. A long curving chain of stars sweeps to the NE of the complex (stellar association LH 35). NGC 1881 lies the north end of this stellar chain.