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NGC1963

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:32:10.8
Declination: -36:22:50
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, st 8…11
Sub-type: OCL

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1963 is an apparent cluster of about 20 stars, roughly arranged in the
shape of the number 3 (JH describes it that way, and it still appears that way
on the southern sky survey -- and on the southern sky for that matter).  PGC 
and RC3 are clearly wrong in using the number for the bright spindle galaxy 
which is really IC 2135 = IC 2136.  ESO, however, got it right.  See IC 2136 
for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1963

17.5" (2/22/03): at 100x, a distinctive looping group of two dozen mag 10-13 stars which is likely an asterism.  Roughly 10' diameter with a string of stars on the south side trailing to the east (forming the bottom loop of the figure "3").  Includes several mag 10-11 stars with two mag 8 stars (oriented N-S) on the north side of the low power field.  IC 2135, an edge-on galaxy, lies 15' E.