NGC 1872 explained

Credit:	ESA/Hubble and NASA
NGC 1872
Epoch:	J2000
Ra:	^[1]
Appmag V:	11.4
Size V:	1
Constellation:	Dorado^[2]

NGC 1872 is an open cluster within the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.^[3]

NGC 1872 has characteristics of both globular clusters and open clusters - it is visually as rich as a typical globular but is much younger, and, like many open clusters, has bluer stars. Such intermediate clusters are common in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Notes and References

1. NGC 1872 . 2007-05-02.
2. Book: R. W. Sinnott . The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer . 1988 . Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press . 978-0-933346-51-2.
3. Web site: NGC 1872: open or globular cluster?. Hubble Space Telescope. ESA. 13 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150713183022/http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1013a/. 13 July 2015. dead.