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Globular cluster · Dorado

NGC 2100

Also known as ESO 057-025

Shot with Seestar S50 ×2

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Dorado

Position (J2000)

5h 42m 09s · −69° 12′ 42″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

2

Typical integration

2.5 h

Magnitude

9.6

visual

Size

2.5′

Distance

~160,000 ly

Best months

Nov–Jan

Low from the north

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