Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Columba (Col)  ·  Contains:  HD34125  ·  NGC 1851  ·  PGC 588097  ·  PGC 588240  ·  PGC 588610  ·  PGC 588685  ·  PGC 588965  ·  PGC 589023  ·  PGC 590119  ·  PGC 591856  ·  PGC 592165  ·  PGC 592314  ·  PGC 592485  ·  PGC 592597  ·  PGC 592638  ·  PGC 592661  ·  PGC 592999
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NGC 1851, Jim Fordice
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NGC 1851

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NGC 1851

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I have not observed this object. I obtained the calibrated light frames used to create the final image from Telescope Live. The frames were imaged by the CHI-1-CCD Telescope at the El Sauce Observatory.

NGC 1851 has the highest surface brightness of all the Milky Way Globular Clusters. It is a relatively large and massive GC. The cluster is in a highly eccentric orbit around the core of the Milky Way with an eccentricity of about 0.7. (An eccentricity of 0 is circular.)   

Shapley Sawyer Classification: II
Distance: 39,470 LY
Type: Far Halo Globular
Position w.r.t. core of galaxy: Below the disc of the MY on the sun side of the core.
Any stars resolved: N/A
Undergoing Core Collapse: No

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NGC 1851, Jim Fordice

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Globular Star Clusters