NGC 1859

Summary

NGC 1859 is a star cluster^[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #13 of 43).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 1859 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 1859's image is recorded as NGC 1859 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 1859's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 1859's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[6].
• NGC 1859's part of is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[7].
• NGC 1859's Commons category is recorded as NGC 1859^[8].
• NGC 1859's catalog code is recorded as NGC 1859^[9].
• NGC 1859's catalog code is recorded as ESO 85-50^[10].
• NGC 1859's catalog code is recorded as LW 156^[11].
• NGC 1859's catalog code is recorded as [SL63] 297^[12].
• NGC 1859's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• NGC 1859's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_xbr2h^[14].
• NGC 1859's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.26'}^[15].
• NGC 1859's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.70'}^[16].
• NGC 1859's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 1859^[17].
• NGC 1859's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 1859^[18].
• NGC 1859's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+77.889750'}^[19].
• NGC 1859's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-65.2489167'}^[20].
• NGC 1859's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 1859 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 1859 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (star_cluster category, ranking #13 of 43).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]