| Catalogue
and alternative designations |
NGC
4372
|
| Type |
Globular
cluster |
| Position |
12
25.8, -72 40 |
| Constellation |
Musca |
| Camera
and Telescope |
STL11000M
and 31.75 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal
Ratio |
F9 |
| Exposure
Details |
LRGB
=70:30:30:30, Luminance binned
1x1, Colours binned 2x2.
|
| Description |
This
object is a fine example of the
uncondensed type of globular
cluster and has a concentration
class of 12. It lies at
the end of a long dark nebula
that has been christened the
"dark doodad".
The bright adjacent star is HD
107947 at magnitude 6.8.
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