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NGC1878

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:12:51.0
Declination: -70:28:18
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, lE, gvlbM, r
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1878

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; moderately bright, small, round, compact, 20" diameter, fairly high surface brightness glow, no resolution. Occasionally a mag 16-16.5 star pops at the north edge.  A mag 13.5 star is 1' NE and a mag 12.5 star is 1.8' NE.  LHA 120-N 193A, a compact HII region, is 4.3' NNW.