NGC 1972

Distance from Sun: 50100 pc
Age: 150 Myr
V-band magnitude: 12.62
Mass: 3.5 · 103 M
Half-mass radius: 4.06 pc
Power-law MF slope: α = -1.51


Image Source: VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey. IoA/ROE


Observations

Proper motion Velocity Dispersion
HST photometry Color magnitude diagram Mass function

N-body Fits

Surface density Proper motions Radial velocities
Remnant fraction Mass-to-light ratio