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NGC1894
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:15:51.3
Declination: -69:28:7
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, R, sbM, r, st inv
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1894
30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright to very bright, moderately large, round, 0.8' diameter, high surface brightness. A couple of mag 15+ stars are at the edge on the north side as well as a mag 13.5 star at the northwest edge. Situated in a rich region of the LMC with a glowing background. NGC 1903 and NGC 1916, both showpiece globulars, lie 11' NE and 15' ENE, respectively. NGC 1876 and neighbors, an impressive HII complex, lies 15' NW and NGC 1898 is 12' SSE.