NGC 1818

NGC 1818 is a young globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered by astronomer James Dunlop in 1826.[3]

NGC 1818
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1818. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Dorado
Right ascension	05^h 04^m 13.8^s[1]
Declination	−66° 26′ 02″[1]
Distance	164 kly
Apparent magnitude (V)	9.7B[1]
Physical characteristics
Estimated age	~25 Myr[2]
Notable features	Rare young globular

References

1. SIMBAD (January 8, 2007), Results for NGC 1818, SIMBAD, Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg
2. Johnson, R. A.; Beaulieu, S. F.; Gilmore, G. F.; Hurley, J.; Santiago, B. X.; Tanvir, N. R.; Elson, R. A. W. (2001). "Young star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud: NGC 1805 and 1818". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 324 (2): 367. arXiv:astro-ph/0012389. Bibcode:2001MNRAS.324..367J. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04291.x.
3. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 1818". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1818 at Wikimedia Commons
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster (7 March 1998)
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 1818: Pick a Star (15 April 1998)
• NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster (11 March 2001)