NGC 2164, 2158, 2159 & 2172

GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE LMC

(ra: 05h 58' 54"/ dec -68º 31')

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January 2013, -  Camping La Porteña, Areco, Buenos Aires - Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Globular Clusters

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: NGC 2164 10.3; NGC 2158 11.4; NGC 2169 11.4; NGC 2172 11.8

APPARENT DIAMETER: NGC 2164 2.5 arc minutes; NGC 2158 1.1 arc minutes; NGC 2169 54 arc secs ; NGC 2172 1.7  arc minutes

DISTANCE:  179 k light years

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: AT RC 8" Astrograph Ritchie Chrétien 

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

GUIDING: Off Axis / SX LodeStar / PHD Guiding

FILTERS: Baader LRGB Set

SKY CONDITIONS: Rural Skies.

EXPOSURES: LRGB (60,30,30,30) - RGB bin 2x2

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

These three tights Globular Cluster do not belong to our Milky Way but to galaxy neighbour the Large Magellanic Cloud in Dorado. There are very compact and also fits into a very small FOV. It is very unlikely to find a tight quartet like this in our galaxy.

NGC 2164 was discovered by James Dunlop from Paramatta, New South Wales and included as Nº 194 in his catalogue of 1827 using an 9 inches f12 telescope.