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NGC1959
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:25:36.7
Declination: -69:55:37
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, vL, vgbM, 3rd of group!
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1959. See "SL 460" in the "notngc" files.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1959
24" (4/7/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this globular is at the southeast corner of a triangle of clusters with NGC 1958 5.5' NNW and NGC 1950 6' WNW. It appears similar to NGC 1950 -- a moderately bright, fairly large glow of ~2' but with a relatively low surface brightness. Appears slightly smaller than NGC 1958. At 346x, a few faint stars are resolved around the edges. Located along the southeast side of the LMC bar, so the background is bright.