NGC 261
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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 00 46 27.9
- Declination
- −73 ° 06 ′ 13 ″
- Apparent dimensions v
- 1.3' × 1.1'
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Designations
- ESO 029-EN 012, IRAS 00447-7322
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Image
- NGC 261.png
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- catalog code
- OGLE-CL SMC 34
- Commons category
- NGC 261
- discoverer or inventor
- James Dunlop
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-09-05
- right ascension
- 11.63125
- declination
- -73.10444
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 261 is a diffuse nebula located in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on September 5, 1826, by James Dunlop.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 261” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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