NGC 1755
Image of NGC 1755 | |
Observation data Epoch Equinox | |
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Constellation | Dorado |
Right ascension | 04h 55m 14.0s[1][2] |
Declination | −68° 12′ 18″[1][2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | OCL |
Astrometry | |
Distance | 160,000 [3] ly |
Details | |
Age | 80 [4] Myr |
Other designations | |
ESO 56-SC28 |
NGC 1755 (also known as ESO 56-SC28)[5] is an open star cluster near the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation, It is about 120 light years across and due to its size could be a globular cluster.[3] It has a diameter of 2.6' and an apparent magnitude of 9.9.[5] It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.[3]
References
- 1 2 "NGC 1755". Simbad. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 "NED results for object NGC 1755". NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 "NGC 1755 (= an OCL in the LMC)". cseligman. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Multiple stellar populations in Magellanic Cloud clusters. IV. The double main sequence of the young cluster NGC 1755". mnras.oxfordjournals. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 "Open cluster NGC 1755". dso-browser. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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