View source for NGC 1872

{{Short description|Open cluster in the constellation Dorado}}
{{Infobox open cluster|
| image = [[Image:NGC 1872.jpg|250px|]]
| caption = NGC 1872, a rich cluster of thousands of stars lying in our small neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, 3{{prime}} view
| credit = ESA/Hubble and NASA
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1872
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| ra = {{RA|05|13|11.7}}<ref name="simbad">{{cite simbad
  | title=NGC 1872
  | access-date=2007-05-02}}</ref> 
| dec = {{DEC|-69|18|45}}<ref name="simbad"/>
| appmag_v = 11.4<ref name="simbad"/>
| size_v = 1{{prime}}<ref name=simbad />
| radius_ly =
| absmag_v = 
| constellation = [[Dorado (constellation)|Dorado]]<ref name="sinnott1988">{{cite book 
 | editor=R. W. Sinnott
 | title= The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer
 | date=1988
 | publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press
 | isbn=978-0-933346-51-2}}</ref>
| notes = 
| names =
}}

'''NGC 1872''' is an [[open cluster]] within the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]] in the [[constellation]] [[Dorado]]. It was discovered by [[James Dunlop]] in 1826.<ref name=Hubble>{{cite web|title=NGC 1872: open or globular cluster?|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1013a/|website=Hubble Space Telescope|publisher=[[ESA]]|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713183022/http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1013a/|archive-date=13 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

NGC 1872 has characteristics of both [[globular cluster]]s 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.<ref name=Hubble />

==Gallery==
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File:NGC1872.jpg|NGC 1872 wide field view.
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Sky-Map.org}}

{{NGC objects:1500-1999}}
{{Dorado}}

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[[Category:Open clusters]]
[[Category:Dorado]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1872]]
[[Category:Large Magellanic Cloud]]


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