NGC 1818

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NGC 1818
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A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 1818.
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 05h 04m 13.8s[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
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

NGC 1818 is a young rich star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is expected it will become a globular cluster, but is only about 25 million years old while almost all known globular clusters formed billions of years ago.

References

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Coordinates: Sky map 05h 04m 13.8s, −66° 26′ 02″

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