NGC 294
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Toucan |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 53 m 04.7 s |
| declination | -73 ° 22 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | 12.24 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.67 likes |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ' |
| Brightest star | approx 17 mag |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.037 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | KMW |
| Age | approx. 300 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | April 11, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 294 • ESO 29-SC22 • GC 166 • h 2358 • Lindsay 47 • OGLE-CL SMC 90 | |
NGC 294 is an open star cluster in the small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Toucan .
NGC 294 was discovered on April 11, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel .