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)
Constellation	Dorado
Right ascension	05h 09m 29.4s[1]
Declination	−69° 07′ 39″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	10.1[2]
Physical characteristics
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

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.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1856 at Wikimedia Commons