Astronomy:NGC 1856
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Short description: Star cluster in the constellation Dorado
| NGC 1856 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1856 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 09m 29.4s[1] |
| Declination | −69° 07′ 39″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.1[2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
NGC 1856 is a young, massive star cluster similar to a "blue globular cluster"[3] in the Magellanic Clouds in the constellation Dorado. Its age is estimated to be 80 million years.[3] The object was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop with a 9-inch reflecting telescope.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- ↑ "NGC 1856". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1856.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hodge, P. W.; Lee, S.-O.: LMC blue globular clusters containing Cepheids. I. NGC 1856; ApJ 276, S. 509-518 (1984)
- ↑ "NGC/IC Project". http://www.ngcicproject.org/.
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