NGC 220
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 40 m 29.9 s |
| declination | -73 ° 24 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | +14.39 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | +14.61 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.037 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | KMW |
| distance | ~ 210,000 ly |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | August 12, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 220 • ESO 29-SC3 • GC 115 • Lindsay 22 • Kron 18 • h 2338 | |
NGC 220 denotes an open star cluster in the constellation Toucan . It is located on the western edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud when viewed from Earth and is part of a chain of three open star clusters in this region.
The open star cluster NGC 220 was discovered on August 12, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .