- Source: NGC 290
NGC 290 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Tucana. This cluster was discovered September 5, 1826, by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. It lies some 200,000 light years away from the Sun in the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The cluster is an estimated 30–63 million years old and is around 65 light years across.
See also
NGC 265
List of NGC objects (1–1000)
References
External links
Media related to NGC 290 at Wikimedia Commons
HubbleSite NewsCenter: Information on NGC 290 and the Hubble picture
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- NGC 265
- NGC 47
- Daftar objek NGC 1 - 1000
- NGC 67
- NGC 61
- NGC 68
- NGC 50
- NGC 2
- NGC 51
- NGC 3
- NGC 290
- List of largest star clusters
- NGC 265
- NGC 6872
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- List of NGC objects (1–1000)
- New General Catalogue
- Mice Galaxies
- NGC 7027
- NGC 281
