Astronomy:NGC 1903
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Short description: Star cluster in the constellation Dorado
| NGC 1903 | |
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 Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1903 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 17m 22.4s[1] |
| Declination | −69° 20′ 07″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.9[2] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 1′[3] |
| Physical characteristics | |
NGC 1903 is a star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope.[4]
Sources
- van Loon, J. Th. et al. (November 2005). "Dust-enshrouded giants in clusters in the Magellanic Clouds". Astronomy and Astrophysics 442 (2): 597–613. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053528. Bibcode: 2005A&A...442..597V.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NGC 1903". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1903.
- ↑ "SEDS". http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC1903.
- ↑ "NED results for object NGC 1903". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1903&extend=no.
- ↑ "NGC/IC Project". http://www.ngcicproject.org/.
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