NGC 602
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| NGC 602 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 01 h 29 m 26.3 s |
| declination | -73 ° 33 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Angular expansion | 34 ' |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| distance | 196,000 ly |
| diameter | 90 ly |
| Age | 5 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | James Dunlop |
| Discovery time | August 1, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 602 • ESO 29-SC43 • GC 356 • N90, Lindsay 105, h 2421 | |
NGC 602 is the name of an emission nebula with an embedded open star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud , which is about 196,000 light-years from Earth . The diameter of NGC 602 is about 90 light years.
The open star cluster NGC 602 was discovered on August 1, 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop .
The way in which the open star cluster is embedded in the emission nebula is similar and similar. a. to the cocoon and rosette nebula of our Milky Way.
Web links
Commons : NGC 602 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Hubble Space Telescope
- NGC 602 and above - Astronomy Picture of the Day, October 25, 2008.