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NGC 1856

Cluster* SIMBAD Cl* 165 papers

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Right ascension: 05h 09m 30.29s
Declination: −69° 07′ 45.1″
Galactic l, b: 280.04, -34.23
Magnitude V: 10.06
Angular size: 2.7′ × 2.4′

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
BMB-BW 87	C*	27.46″	—
BMB-BW 181	LongPeriodV*	33.13″	15.71
BMB-BW 179	LongPeriodV*	43.82″	—
OGLE LMC-SC11 308595	EclBin	46.61″	18.25
OGLE LMC-CEP-1117	ClassicalCep	49.12″	17.29
BMB-BW 180	LongPeriodV*	52.79″	—
BMB-BW 75	C*	72.12″	16.81
BMB-BW 187	LongPeriodV*	82.4″	—
OGLE LMC-SC11 307758	RRLyrae	92.5″	18.97
H88 164	Cluster*	104.9″	—
BMB-BW 72	LongPeriodV*	107.8″	16.21

Provenance

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Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-1856 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.