NGC 1953
| Star clusters | |
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| NGC 1953 | |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05h 25m 27.9s |
| declination | -68 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ |
| Further data | |
| Brightness (visual) |
11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) |
11.9 likes |
| Affiliation | |
| history | |
| discovery |
John Herschel |
| Date of discovery |
January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 1953 • ESO 56-SC118 • GC 1159 • h 2862 | |
| Aladin previewer | |
NGC 1953 is an open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Swordfish . The star cluster was discovered on January 31, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with a 48 cm telescope; the discovery was later recorded in the New General Catalog .