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

  1. 1 2 NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. ↑ "NGC 1856". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  3. 1 2 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
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