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Also known as New General Catalogue 176

cluster in the constellation Tucana

Key facts

Right ascension
00 35 57.9
Declination
−73 ° 09 ′ 59 ″
Mass
3.5 × 10 M ☉
Estimated age
130 Myr
Other designations
ESO 029-SC 002.
Constellation
Tucana

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 176 is an open cluster in the constellation Tucana. It is located within the Small Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered on August 12, 1834, by John Herschel.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1035670” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.