NGC 1851

NGC 1851 is the name of a globular cluster in the constellation Columba. NGC 1851 has a diameter of 11 arc minutes. This bunch, which is only visible from southern Europe or südlicherern latitudes, is one of the few globular clusters in the winter sky. This fact was even more explosive by the discovery of the Canis Major dwarf galaxy in 2003. Exactly as Messier 79 and NGC 2808 seems this cluster has its origin not to have in the Milky Way, but was captured along with that dwarf galaxy.

NGC 1851 was discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.

Columba (constellation) Declination Canis Major Overdensity Radial velocity Intrinsic brightness New General Catalogue Minute of arc Ultraviolet photography List of NGC objects NGC 1847 NGC 1850 NGC 1852 NGC 1856 NGC 1859 NGC 1860 NGC 1868 NGC 1872
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