NGC 1786

Summary

NGC 1786 is a star cluster^[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #12 of 43).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 1786 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 1786's image is recorded as Digging up a galactic time capsule (potw2528a).jpg^[4].
• NGC 1786's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 1786's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[6].
• NGC 1786's part of is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[7].
• NGC 1786's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1786^[8].
• NGC 1786's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1786^[9].
• NGC 1786's catalog code is recorded as ESO 56-39^[10].
• NGC 1786's catalog code is recorded as [SL63] 149^[11].
• NGC 1786's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1835-12-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• NGC 1786's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.9'}^[13].
• NGC 1786's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.1'}^[14].
• NGC 1786's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120jl23b^[15].
• NGC 1786's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1786^[16].
• NGC 1786's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1786^[17].
• NGC 1786's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+74.781125'}^[18].
• NGC 1786's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-67.7459556'}^[19].
• NGC 1786's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[20].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1786 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1786 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #12 of 43).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21]