Astronomy:NGC 1943

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Short description: Star cluster in the constellation Mensa
NGC 1943
NGC 1943 HST 9891 64 R814 G B555.png
Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1943
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationMensa
Right ascension 05h 22m 28.7s [1]
Declination−69° 20′ 07″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.9 [2]
Physical characteristics
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 1943 is a star cluster in the constellation Mensa. It was discovered in 1826 by the astronomer James Dunlop with a 23-cm telescope.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1943&extend=no. 
  2. ↑ "SIMBAD". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%201943. 
  3. ↑ "NGC/IC Project". http://www.ngcicproject.org/. 

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