NGC 1948

stellar association

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Summary

NGC 1948 is a stellar association^[1].

Key Facts

Discoverer or inventor: James Dunlop^[2]
Constellation: Dorado^[3]
Part of: Large Magellanic Cloud^[4]
Catalog code: NGC 1948^[5], [SL63] 458^[6]
Time of discovery or invention: November 6, 1826^[7]
Apparent magnitude: {'amount': '+10.61'}^[8], {'amount': '+10.81'}^[9]
Right ascension: 81.083333 degree^[10]
Declination: -66.403333 degree^[11]
Epoch: J2000.0^[12]

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Quick Facts

Instance of stellar association

Part of Large Magellanic Cloud

Properties

Apparent magnitude 10.61, 10.81

Catalog code NGC 1948, [SL63] 458

Constellation Dorado

Declination -66.403333

Discoverer or inventor James Dunlop

Epoch J2000.0

Right ascension 81.083333

Time of discovery or invention November 6, 1826

Identifiers (4)

Image (Wikimedia Commons) NGC 1948 DSS.jpg ↗

Google knowledge graph id /g/1211jpfh

New general catalogue id 1948

Simbad id NGC 1948

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Constellation 1

Dorado

Discoverer or inventor 1

James Dunlop

Epoch 1

J2000.0

Instance of 1

stellar association

Part of 1

Large Magellanic Cloud

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Stefanówka, Masovian Voivodeship

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ NGC 1948 — constellation (P59): Dorado. VizieR. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ NGC 1948 — discoverer or inventor (P61): James Dunlop. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ NGC 1948 — part of (P361): Large Magellanic Cloud. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ NGC 1948 — catalog code (P528): NGC 1948. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ NGC 1948 — catalog code (P528): [SL63] 458. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ NGC 1948 — time of discovery or invention (P575): November 6, 1826. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ NGC 1948 — apparent magnitude (P1215): {'amount': '+10.61'}. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ NGC 1948 — apparent magnitude (P1215): {'amount': '+10.81'}. SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ NGC 1948 — right ascension (P6257): 81.083333 degree. The {Sigma}-D relation for supernova remnants in nearby galaxies. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ NGC 1948 — declination (P6258): -66.403333 degree. The {Sigma}-D relation for supernova remnants in nearby galaxies. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ NGC 1948 — epoch (P6259): J2000.0. The {Sigma}-D relation for supernova remnants in nearby galaxies. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ NGC 1948 is an instance of stellar association (Q736194) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_ngc-1948_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 1948}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-1948}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-30}}

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