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NGC121

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:26:47.1
Declination: -71:32:12
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pB, pS, lE, vgbM
Sub-type: GCL

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 121 18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x appeared fairly bright, round, 1.3' diameter with a brighter core but this globular showed no resolution. A mag 12 star lies just 1' W of center, a bit beyond the halo. In the same low power field with 47 Tucanae and 35' SW of mag 6.1 Theta Tuc. This object is the oldest and most luminous SMC globular, though still 2-3 Gyr younger than the oldest galactic globulars. 12" (6/29/02 - Bargo, Australia): this is one known classical globular in the SMC. At 186x is appeared fairly faint, small, 1.5'x1' diameter, contains a small brighter core. There was no hint of resolution. Located 35' NNE of 47 Tucana.