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NGC1887

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:16:6.0
Declination: -66:19:7
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, * p 25"
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1887

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, moderately large, irregularly round, 40" diameter.  Concentrated with a very small brighter core that is offset towards the west side.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the NW edge of the main glow and a mag 15.2 star is off the NE edge.  NGC 1882 lies 12' NNW and NGC 1867 is 14' WNW.