NGC 1854
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Globular clusters NGC 1854 / NGC 1855 |
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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 09 m 19.9 s |
| declination | -68 ° 50 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop John Herschel |
| Discovery date | August 2, 1826 November 23, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1854 • NGC 1855 • ESO 56-SC072 • GC 1064 • SL 265 | |
NGC 1854 is a young globular cluster in the northwestern part of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado .
The object was first described by James Dunlop , who observed it in 1826. When John Herschel traced the Dunlop records, he assigned two entries for the object (h 2782 and h 2783), which is why a second NGC entry refers to this object today with NGC 1855 .
literature
- Alcaino, Gonzalo; Liller, William: "BVRI photometry of star clusters in the Bok region of the Large Magellanic Cloud"; AJ 94, 372-402, 537-556 (August 1987)
- Connolly, LP; Tifft, WG: "Magellanic Cloud investigations. V - The LMC blue cluster NGC 1854"; MNRAS 180, 401-405 (August 1977)
Web links
- astronews.com: Picture of the day June 21, 2016