Open cluster · constellation Dor
NGC 2172
NGC 2172ESO 057-065
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 00m 05.8s
- Declination
- -68° 38' 13"
- Size
- 1.7′ × 1.7′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 11.8 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.53 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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