NGC 290
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| The open star cluster NGC 290 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 51 m 14.2 s |
| declination | -73 ° 09 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | 11.71 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.10 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ' |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.037 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | KMW |
| distance | approx. 200,000 ly |
| diameter | approx. 65 ly |
| Age | about 40 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | April 11, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 290 • ESO 29-SC19 • GC 164 • Lindsay 42 • OGLE-CL-SMC0069 • h 2357 | |
NGC 290 is the name of an open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud , which is about 200,000 light years from Earth . The diameter of NGC 290 is roughly 65 light years.
The open star cluster NGC 290 was discovered on April 11, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 290 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b SIMBAD database, operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France ( English ) Retrieved March 13, 2008.
- ↑ Students for the Exploration and Development of Space ( English ) Retrieved on April 3 of 2008.
- ^ A b E. Olszewski, A. Dolphin, and J. Harris (University of Arizona), P. Hodge (University of Washington), and K. Olsen (NOAO / CTIO): Hubble Newscenter ( English ) October 20, 2004. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
- ↑ Seligman