- NGC 290
-
NGC 290 
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 290.
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.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.
See also
- NGC 265
- Open cluster
- Tucana constellation
- Small Magellanic Cloud
External links
- NASA - Astronomy Picture of the Day: May 1, 2006 NGC 290
- HubbleSite NewsCenter: Information on NGC 290 and the Hubble picture
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.
Categories:- Open clusters
- Tucana constellation
- NGC objects
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Star cluster stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
