Q674626

open cluster in the constellation Tucana

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Right ascension: 01 14 41.6
Declination: −73 ° 17 ′ 51 ″
Other designations: Kron 66, Lindsay 97, IRAS 01133-7333, LI-SMC 201.
Constellation: Tucana

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catalog code: IRAS 01133-7333
time of discovery or invention: 1834-04-11
apparent magnitude: 12.5
declination: -73.29756
right ascension: 18.67330
Commons category: NGC 460

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NGC 460 is an open cluster with a nebula located in the constellation Tucana. It was possibly observed on August 1, 1826, by James Dunlop, though it was officially discovered on April 11, 1834, by John Herschel. Dreyer described it as "very faint (in Nubecular Minor)," with Nubecular Minor referring to the Small Magellanic Cloud. DeLisle Stewart described it as "faint, pretty large, irregularly round, gradually brighter middle, mottled but not resolved, 2nd of several."

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