NGC 290
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| NGC 290 | |
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 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 290. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Tucana |
| Right ascension | 0h 51m 14.1s[1] |
| Declination | -73° 9′ 41.5″[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Other designations | ESO 029-19[1] |
| See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters | |
NGC 290 is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud[2], which is located in the constellation Tucana.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- NASA - Astronomy Picture of the Day: May 1, 2006 NGC 290
- HubbleSite NewsCenter: Information on NGC 290 and the Hubble picture
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 290. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "NASA - Astronomy Picture of the Day". http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060501.html. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
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