NGC 1806
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Globular cluster NGC 1806 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 02 m 12.4 s |
| declination | -67 ° 59 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | VI |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 30, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1806 • ESO 56-SC47 • GC 1019 • | |
NGC 1806 is a class VI globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the area of the Swordfish constellation . The globular cluster was discovered in 1836 by John Herschel with an 18.7- inch Newtonian telescope.
Web links
- A Great Ball of Stars - ESA / Hubble Picture of the week
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ Harlow Shapley, Helen B. Sawyer: A Classification of Globular Clusters . In: Harvard College Observatory Bulletin . No. 849 , 1927, pp. 11-14 , bibcode : 1927BHarO.849 ... 11S .
- ↑ a b SEDS
- ↑ Seligman