NGC 1841
Globular Cluster NGC 1841,
in the
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) in
Mensa
Former Milky Way Globular Cluster Candidate GCL 8
- RA:
- 04 : 45.
- Dec:
- -84 : 00
- Distance from Sun:
- 153 kly
- Distance from Galactic Center:
-
- Apparent Diameter:
- 2.4 arc min
- Brightness:
- 14.1 mag
- Radial Velocity:
-
- Diameter:
-
- Abs. Mag:
-
Once considered as a Milky Way Globular Cluster, see e.g.
Sawyer (1947) or
Ruprecht et.al. (1983) who list it
as GCL 8, NGC 1841 apparently belongs
to the Large
Magellanic Cloud, our larger satellite galaxy.
References
- Helen B. Sawyer [Hogg], 1947.
A bibliography of individual globular clusters.
Publications of the David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto;
Vol. 1, No. 20, pp. 383-469
[ADS: 1947PDDO....1..383S]
- J. Ruprecht, B. Balazs, R.E. White, and
A.S. Sharov, 1983.
Soviet Astronomy, Vol. 27, Issue 3, p. 358 (June 1983)
[ADS: 1983SvA....27..358R]
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