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NGC 1866

(globular cluster of interest in the LMC)

NGC 1866 is a globular cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) of recent research interest. (It has been classified as an open cluster as well, but recent references call it a globular cluster.) It is younger than many observable globular clusters, thus offering the chance to observe an earlier stage in the evolution of globular clusters and their stars.


(globular cluster,LMC)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1866
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.413..837M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...846L...1D/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AJ....118.2839T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002A%26A...385..847B/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+1866
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~050kpc160klyNGC 1866
Coordinates:NGC 1866
J051338.920-652752.75

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