Globular cluster · constellation Dor
NGC 1978
NGC 1978ESO 085-090
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 28m 45.1s
- Declination
- -66° 14' 09"
- Size
- 4.0′ × 2.7′
- Position angle
- 160°
- Magnitude
- 10.7 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.91 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Within boundaries of LMC
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