NGC 1856

NGC 1856 is a young, massive star cluster similar to a "blue globular cluster"[3] in the Magellanic Clouds in the constellation Dorado. Its age is estimated to be 80 million years.[3] The object was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop with a 9-inch reflecting telescope.[4]

NGC 1856
Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1856
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
ConstellationDorado
Right ascension05h 09m 29.4s[1]
Declination−69° 07′ 39″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.1[2]
Physical characteristics

Sources
  1. NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. "NGC 1856". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  3. Hodge, P. W.; Lee, S.-O.: LMC blue globular clusters containing Cepheids. I. NGC 1856; ApJ 276, S. 509-518 (1984)
  4. "NGC/IC Project". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  • Media related to NGC 1856 at Wikimedia Commons


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