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NGC1958

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:25:30.6
Declination: -69:50:13
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: F, pL, iR, vgbM, 2nd of group!
Sub-type: GCL

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1958. See "SL 460" in the "notngc" files for another cluster found with the "Great Melbourne Telescope."

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1958 24" (4/7/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x, this LMC cluster appeared bright, fairly small, round, 45" diameter. Increasing the magnification to 346x, the cluster resolved into a couple of dozen very faint, densely packed stars. The 1' halo appeared irregular and mottled as if more stars were just below resolution. This cluster is situated in a rich section of the central bar and a number of clusters are nearby. NGC 1958 forms the northern vertex of an isosceles triangle with NGC 1959 5.5' S and NGC 1950 6.3' SW. A single brighter mag 11 star sits within this triangle at the vertex of another isosceles triangle with NGC 1959 and NGC 1950. A trio of clusters, NGC 1969, 1971 and 1972, lies 5'-6' E.