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NGC1942

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:24:44.6
Declination: -63:56:32
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, stell, * 14 + neb
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1942

18" (4/6/16 - Coonabarabran, 236x): this LMC cluster appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 25"-30" diameter, fairly low even surface  brightness.  A mag 13.7 star is at the north edge.  A mag 10.8 star is 4.5' SE and a mag 10.2 star is 8' ESE.  The galaxy NGC 1947 is 17' NE.