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NGC 1868 is a globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.[2] It was discovered by John Herschel in 1834.[2] The cluster is fairly metal-poor and as a result appears relatively blue. It maintains an abundant population of mature giant branch stars which have been used to fit its age to roughly 700 million years old.[3] The cluster is located in a relatively sparse region of the Large Magellanic Cloud which has allowed it to be studied relatively free of crowding from background stars.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "NGC 1868". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ a b Seligman, Courtney. "Celestial Atlas: NGC Objects: NGC 1850 - 1899". cseligman.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b "1980ApJ...235..769F Page 769". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
External links
Media related to NGC 1868 at Wikimedia Commons- SIMBAD
- NASA/IPAC
- Flower, P. J., Geisler, D., Olszewski, E. W., & Hodge, P.: NGC 1868 - A metal-poor intermediate-age cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 1980ApJ...235..769F
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