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NGC1996

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:38:10.2
Declination: +25:49:4
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, lC, lRi
Sub-type: *Grp

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1996.  Another of RNGC's "nonexistent" clusters, this is clearly
apparent on the POSS1, and is centered just an arcminute east of the NGC
position.  The 30 or so stars are scattered over an area of about 15 arcmin
by 10 arcmin (the long axis is at PA = about 20 degrees). 

But is it a real cluster?  To answer that, of course, will take a study of the
area, with proper motions and photometry for the suspect stars.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1996

18" (11/6/04): at 73x (31 Nagler), this is a moderately rich group of ~60 stars mag 11-14 in a large, elongated group, perhaps 17'x8', extended N-S.  The majority of the stars are ~12th magnitude.  A string of 10th magnitude stars heads southeast for 15'.  Situated in a rich star field ~20' W of mag 5.2 HD 37438 (125 Tauri).  This cloud stands out reasonably well at low power but would not be distinguishable at higher power.