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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 1850
Constellation	Dorado
Right Ascension	5h 8m 50s
Declination	-68° 45' 36"
Distance	c.168,000 light years c.51,500 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +9.0 Absolute: -9.6
Diameter	Apparent: 3.4' Actual: 170 light years
Number of Stars	> 10,000
Optimum Visibility	December (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	A remarkably dense cluster of stars within the Large Magellanic Cloud, similar in structure to a globular cluster, but much younger than a typical such cluster. NGC 1850 is accompanied by a smaller, even younger cluster designated NGC 1850B.

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