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NGC1940
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:22:43.8
Declination: -67:11:12
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: pB, vS, R, bM, 2 st 9 ___DREYER___ 10 f
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1940
30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): bright but relatively small knot, triangular shape, 30" diameter, clumpy with a few stars just resolved. Forms the western vertex of a small equilateral triangle with a mag 10 star 1' E and a mag 11.5 star 1' S. The mag 10 star has an 11th magnitude companion following at 27".
13.1" (2/20/04 - Costa Rica): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter. No resolution. Cradled by three mag 10-11 stars 1.2' S, 1.1' E and 1.5' E. Located 52' E of mag 4.8 Theta Doradus in the LMC.