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NGC1944

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:21:57.4
Declination: -72:29:40
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, bM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1944

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; bright, fairly large, round, thin halo, 1.2' diameter, mottled, only a few stars resolve around the edges of the halo.  A mag 13.5-14 star is off the SW edge, a mag 15.5 star at the NW edge.  Situated within a nice group of star with four mag 12.5 stars nearby; 1.4' SE, 2' SSE, 2' N and 3.4' SE.