Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 53 04.7
- Declination
- −73 ° 22 ′ 49 ″
- Distance
- ~200000 ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 1.7′ × 1.7′
- Mass
- 6.5 × 10 M ☉
- Estimated age
- 500 Myr
- Other designations
- ESO 029-SC 022.
- Constellation
- Tucana
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0294 DSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- OGLE-CL SMC 90
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-04-11
- apparent magnitude
- 11.61
- Commons category
- NGC 294
- right ascension
- 13.273292
- declination
- -73.380389
- age estimated by a dating method
- 320
- metallicity
- -0.95
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NGC 294 is an open cluster located in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on April 11, 1834, by John Herschel, although it was possibly observed on September 5, 1826, by James Dunlop.
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