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NGC1903

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:17:22.4
Declination: -69:20:7
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vB, S, R, gmbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1903 24" (4/5/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this showpiece globular is located just 10' SW of the NGC 1910 complex containing S Doradus. At 350x, it appeared very bright, ~1' diameter, with a blazing 20" core. Perhaps 20 stars are resolved in the halo at this power with a single brighter star at the edge of the core on the south side. NGC 1916, another bright globular, lies 8' SE. This cluster is located in a wonderful section of the LMC and panning south and to the west yields field upon field filled with both bright and fainter clusters of all sizes, along with nebulous HII glows.