- NGC 265
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NGC 265 
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 265.
Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Tucana Right ascension 0h 47m 11.6s[1] Declination -73° 28′ 38.1″[1] Distance 200,000 ly [2] Physical characteristics Radius 32ly[2] Other designations ESO 29-14[1] See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters NGC 265 is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud[3], which is located in the constellation Tucana.
See also
- NGC 290
- Open cluster
- Tucana constellation
- Small Magellanic Cloud
External links
- ESA Hubble space telescope site: Hubble picture in information on NGC 265
- HubbleSite NewsCenter: Information on NGC 265 and the Hubble picture
References
- ^ a b c "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 265. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ a b "Space Telescope Website". http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0603b.html. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ "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
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