NGC 1856
| NGC 1856 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1856 | |
| Observation data (J2000.0 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 09m 29.4s[1] |
| Declination | −69° 07′ 39″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.1[2] |
| Physical characteristics | |
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]
Sources
- ^ a b NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- ^ "NGC 1856". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ a b Hodge, P. W.; Lee, S.-O.: LMC blue globular clusters containing Cepheids. I. NGC 1856; ApJ 276, S. 509-518 (1984)
- ^ "NGC/IC Project". Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
External links
Media related to NGC 1856 at Wikimedia Commons
