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| Catalogue and alternative designations | VdBHa-176,
ESO 224-8
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| Type | Globular cluster |
| Position | 15 39 07, -50 03 02 |
| Constellation | Norma |
| Camera and Telescope | STLXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB 150:60:60:60 all unbinned |
| Description | VdbHa-176
(sometimes called BH176) is a
faint and obscure globular
cluster in Norma once thought to
be an open cluster. Being large
and diffuse it is hard to pick
out from the stellar background
making it a very difficult
object visually. Successful
observations with large
Dobsonians have been reported.
The extinction in this region is
about 2 magnitudes and the
cluster stars are reddened as a
consequence.
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