NGC 411
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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 | 01 h 07 m 55.7 s |
| declination | -71 ° 46 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ' |
| Redness ( excess color E (BV)) | 0.037 |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| Age | approx. 1.5 billion years |
| Metallicity [Fe / H] | −0.9 |
| history | |
| Discovered by | James Dunlop |
| Discovery time | 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 411 • Dun 57 • ESO 51-SC19 • GC 224 • h 2384 • Kron 60 • Lindsay 82 | |
NGC 411 is an open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Toucan in the southern sky. The pile is a little over a billion old.
The object was discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 411 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- WEBDA page for NGC 411
- astronews.com: Picture of the day January 22, 2013