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NGC1994

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:28:21.8
Declination: -69:8:31
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.8

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: Cl, eS, st 11…16
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1994 30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): extremely bright, fairly small, high surface brightness knot, 25" diameter, clumpy, irregular. The main patch is too dense to cleanly resolve (a few sparkle over the background glow) but a large number of mag 13-15 stars are nearby, forming a larger cluster. Mag 11.5 stars are less than 1' NE and 1.5' ESE. Forms a striking pair with NGC 1984 3.8' W with NGC 1967 9' WNW. In a gorgeous, rich region of the LMC with scattered brighter stars extending 10' N to NGC 1983. 25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; very bright, small, very high surface brightness knot, 25" diameter, slightly elongated E-W. A few stars are resolved in the cluster and many are scattered very nearby. In a very rich region of the LMC and third of three clusters with NGC 1984 and 1967.