47 Tucanae, NGC 104
47 Tucanae, or NGC104, a globular cluster in the constellation Tucana, as seen by the CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope in 1975. One of the nearest globular clusters, at only 16000 light-years, 47 Tuc has a diameter of 210 light-years and a mass about one million times that of the Sun.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noao-02212 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
| Size: | 2500 x 2000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 47 Tucanae, NGC 104 |
| Constellation: | Tucana |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 23 5.94 |
| Position (Dec): | -72° 3' 40.33" |
| Field of view: | 42.00 x 33.24 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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