Right ascension 05 04 13.8 Distance 164 kly Estimated age ~25 Myr Magnitude 9.7 | Declination −66° 26′ 02″ Apparent magnitude (V) 9.7B Notable features Rare young globular Constellation Dorado | |
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Similar NGC 1792, NGC 1559, NGC 1700, NGC 1531, NGC 1808 | ||
NGC 1818 is a young rich star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is expected it will become a globular cluster, but is only about 25 million years old while almost all known globular clusters formed billions of years ago.
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