NGC 1943

NGC 1943
Hubble Space Telescope photograph of NGC 1943
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Right ascension	05h 22m 28.7s [1]
Declination	−69° 20′ 07″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	11.9 [2]
Physical characteristics
Associations
Constellation	Mensa
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 1943 is a star cluster in the constellation Mensa. It was discovered in 1826 by the astronomer James Dunlop with a 23-cm telescope. ^[3]

Sources

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database" . Retrieved 2011-03-18.
2. "SIMBAD" . Retrieved 2011-03-18.
3. "NGC/IC Project". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2011-03-18.

External links

• Media related to NGC 1943 at Wikimedia Commons