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globular cluster

Key facts

Constellation
Dorado
Right ascension
05 43 56.270
Declination
−69 ° 10 ′ 54.37 ″
Distance
150,000 light years
Other designations
ESO 57-33, KMHK 1304, [SL63] 686

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Dorado
Image
ESO- NGC 2108 Stellar Cluster in the LMC-phot-34h-04-fullres.jpg
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right ascension
85.984458
apparent magnitude
9.170
catalog code
[SL63] 686
Commons category
NGC 2108
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1835-00-00
declination
-69.1817694
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 2108 is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Dorado. NGC 2108 was discovered in 1835 by John Herschel.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2108” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.