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NGC 1980 · Lower Sword

NGC 1980 · Star cluster with nebula · Orion

Lower Sword

Also known as LBN 977

Herschel 400

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Type: Star cluster with nebula
Constellation: Orion
Position (J2000): 5h 35m 26s · −5° 54′ 36″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1786

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 2.5; visual
Size: 9.3′
Distance: ~1,800 ly
Best months: Nov–Jan

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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