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NGC4852
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:0:9.0
Declination: -59:36:48
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 8.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, L, pRi, iR, st 10
Sub-type: II2p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 4852
24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): I'm surprised I didn't look for this cluster previously from Australia or Costa Rica as it is located just 1.1¡ NE of the Jewel Box and 1.6¡ east of mag 1.3 Beta Crucis! At 200x it was a pretty impressive collection of ~150 stars mag 10-16 in a 10' region including several mag 10-10.5 stars. One subgroup makes a neat "zig-zag" or "M" outline while another set of stars forms a "V" shaped group. There are no real rich subgroups but still it forms a nice cluster.