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NGC1972
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:26:47.4
Declination: -69:50:18
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: 6th of gr of 7! D, a vS neb np
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1972. See "SL 460" in the "notngc" files.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1972
24" (4/7/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): forms the northeast vertex of a small triangle of clusters with NGC 1971 0.9' SSW and NGC 1969 1.4' E (within stellar association LH 59). At 260x this small cluster is bright, round, ~35" diameter (smaller than NGC 1971). There is either a very small knot of stars at the east edge (DSS reveals an apparent close double star). These clusters are buried with the southeast side of the LMC's bar, so the field has a bright background.