NGC 1943

NGC 1943

Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1943
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Constellation Mensa
Right ascension 05h 22m 28.7s [1]
Declination −69° 20′ 07″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.9 [2]
Physical characteristics

NGC 1943 is a star cluster in the constellation Mensa. It was discovered in 1826 by the astronomer James Dunlop with a 23-cm telescope.[3]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ↑ "SIMBAD". Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  3. ↑ "NGC/IC Project". Retrieved 2011-03-18.


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