NGC 1755 (also known as ESO 56-SC28) is an open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. It is about 120 light years across and due to its size could be a globular cluster. It has a diameter of 2.6′ and an apparent magnitude of 9.9. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.
Open cluster in the constellation Dorado
NGC 1755
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- Right ascension
- 04h 55m 16.390s
- Declination
- −68° 12′ 23.12″
- Distance
- 160,000 ly (49,000 pc)
- Absolute magnitude (V)
- 9.9
- Apparent dimensions (V)
- 2.6′
- Estimated age
- 80 Myr
- Other designations
- ESO 56-SC28
- Constellation
- Dorado
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