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NGC1923
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:21:34.1
Declination: -65:29:12
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: OCL+EN
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1923. There is no problem with the identity of this cluster enshrouded
with nebulosity -- it, in fact, looks like the head of a bow shock, plowing
through the interstellar medium of the LMC. JH's position is good and his
description is appropriate.
What caught my eye was an additional comment in his description: "A faint and
poor cluster precedes." Indeed it does; it is at 05 20 49, -65 30.9. It is
actually a scattered association, and may even be associated with the NGC
object following it. See the "notngc" files, where the additional object is
called "h2835 Note", for a bit more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1923
13.1" (2/17/04 - Costa Rica): very faint, fairly small, irregular glow, ~1'x0.5', brighter center. Just following a group of faint stars elongated NNW-SSE. This is a cluster (part of stellar association LH 43) and HII region (N40) although I didn't test with a filter. Locate 49' E of NGC 1866.