Q126020

Also known as New General Catalogue 290

open cluster in the constellation Tucana

Key facts

Right ascension: 00 51 12.33
Declination: −73 ° 09 ′ 42.1 ″
Distance: 200 kly (61 kpc )
Mass: 5.8 × 10 M ☉
Radius: ~33 ly (10 pc )
Estimated age: 63 Myr, 30 ± 10 Myr
Other designations: Cl Lindsay 42, ESO 029–19, OGLE-CL SMC 69
Constellation: Tucana

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Commons category: NGC 290
catalog code: OGLE-CL SMC 69
time of discovery or invention: 1834-04-11
apparent magnitude: 11.09
right ascension: 12.801375
declination: -73.161694

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NGC 290 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Tucana. This cluster was discovered September 5, 1826, by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. It lies some 200,000 light years away from the Sun in the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The cluster is an estimated 30–63 million years old and is around 65 light years across.