NGC 1903

NGC 1903

Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1903
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Right ascension 05h 17m 22.4s [1]
Declination −69° 20 07 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.9 [2]
Apparent dimensions (V) 1' [3]
Physical characteristics

NGC 1903 is a star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered in 1834 by John Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope. [4]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 SIMBAD
  2. "SEDS". Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  3. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  4. NGC/IC Project
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