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NGC 2173 (also ESO 33-SC34) is a magnitude +11.9 open cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Mensa.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 8th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 05h 57m 58.5s, Declination -72° 58' 41"



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