NGC 290 explained

Credit:HST/NASA/ESA.
CT Chamaeleontis b
Dist Ly:200abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Appmag V:11.71
Mass Msol:[1]
Radius Ly:~33abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Age:63 Myr
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Names:Cl Lindsay 42, ESO 029–19, OGLE-CL SMC 69

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.

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  1. 10.1093/mnras/stab2297. STEP survey – II. Structural analysis of 170 star clusters in the SMC. 2021. Gatto. M.. Ripepi. V.. Bellazzini. M.. Tosi. M.. Cignoni. M.. Tortora. C.. Leccia. S.. Clementini. G.. Grebel. E. K.. Longo. G.. Marconi. M.. Musella. I.. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507. 3. 3312–3330. free . 2108.02791.