Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 54 14.2
- Declination
- −72 ° 14 ′ 32 ″
- Distance
- ~200000 ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 1.1′ × 1.1′
- Mass
- 1.9 × 10 M ☉
- Estimated age
- 59 Myr
- Other designations
- ESO 029-SC 023.
- Constellation
- Tucana
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- NGC 0306 DSS.jpg
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- right ascension
- 13.559625
- declination
- -72.240917
- age estimated by a dating method
- 7.5
- angular diameter
- 0.9
- Commons category
- NGC 306
- catalog code
- ESO 29-23
- time of discovery or invention
- 1836-10-04
- apparent magnitude
- 11.40
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NGC 306 is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is located in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on October 4, 1836, by John Herschel.
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