NGC 1850

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 100 million years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 12.0
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:star
gptkbp:collaboration international astronomical collaboration
gptkbp:contains young stars
gptkbp:coordinates l = 280.0°, b = -32.0°
gptkbp:declination -66° 25' 00"
gptkbp:diameter 10 arcminutes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:discovery_year 1834
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 160,000 light years
gptkbp:distance_modulus 18.5 mag
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.5
gptkbp:has_luminosity important for understanding stellar evolution
gptkbp:has_spectral_type O and B type stars
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the first clusters studied in LMC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 1850
gptkbp:image Hubble image available
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_similar_to gptkb:NGC_1866
gptkbp:light_pollution_impact affected by light pollution
gptkbp:lighting high luminosity
light curve data available
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:LMC
gptkbp:mass about 10,000 solar masses
contains massive stars
gptkbp:metallicity solar metallicity
gptkbp:notable_feature multiple stellar populations
gptkbp:orbit_type gptkb:LMC_4
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Doradus_constellation
gptkbp:photometric_classification young stellar object
gptkbp:population_density high density of stars
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:NASA/_IPAC_Extragalactic_Database
gptkbp:public_interest popular among amateur astronomers
gptkbp:publications numerous publications on NGC 1850
gptkbp:related_clusters NGC 1866, NGC 1978
gptkbp:research photometry and spectroscopy
observed in multiple wavelengths
extensively studied since discovery
photometric data available
crowded field observations
gptkbp:research_focus massive star formation
gptkbp:research_importance studying star formation
gptkbp:resolution high-resolution images available
gptkbp:right_ascension 05h 14m 00s
gptkbp:type gptkb:star
gptkbp:variable_stars contains variable stars
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dorado
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5