NGC 1872
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| Aufnahme des Hubble-Weltraumteleskops | |
| AladinLite | |
| Sternbild | Schwertfisch |
| Position Äquinoktium: J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Rektaszension | 05h 13m 56,3s [1] |
| Deklination | -67° 22′ 46″ [1] |
| Erscheinungsbild | |
| Helligkeit (visuell) | 11,0 mag [2] |
| Winkelausdehnung | 1′ [2] |
| Physikalische Daten | |
| Zugehörigkeit | Große Magellansche Wolke |
| Geschichte | |
| Entdeckt von | James Dunlop |
| Entdeckungszeit | 24. September 1826 |
| Katalogbezeichnungen | |
| NGC 1872 • ESO 56-SC083 • GC 1082 • h 2802 • | |
NGC 1872 ist ein junger massereicher Sternhaufen in der Großen Magellanschen Wolke im Sternbild Dorado. Er ähnelt den Kugelsternhaufen unserer Milchstraße, ist allerdings deutlich jünger.
James Dunlop entdeckte das Objekt am 24. September 1826 mit einem 9-Zoll-Teleskop.[3]
Weblinks
- NGC 1872: open or globular cluster?
- astronews.com: Bild des Tages 15. Juli 2011
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NGC 1872.jpg
This spectacular NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture shows NGC 1872, a rich cluster of thousands of stars lying in our small neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This little-studied cluster is located in the constellation of Dorado (the Dolphinfish, a fish unrelated to the dolphin and which often appears on dinner menus under its Hawaiian name mahi-mahi). The Scottish astronomer James Dunlop was probably the first to spot NGC 1872 in 1826 with a small telescope near Sydney in Australia.
This spectacular NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture shows NGC 1872, a rich cluster of thousands of stars lying in our small neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This little-studied cluster is located in the constellation of Dorado (the Dolphinfish, a fish unrelated to the dolphin and which often appears on dinner menus under its Hawaiian name mahi-mahi). The Scottish astronomer James Dunlop was probably the first to spot NGC 1872 in 1826 with a small telescope near Sydney in Australia.