Open cluster · constellation Dor
NGC 1972
NGC 1972ESO 056-129
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 26m 47.4s
- Declination
- -69° 50' 18"
- Size
- 54.0″ × 48.0″
- Position angle
- 100°
- Magnitude
- 12.6 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 20.89 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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