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NGC292

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:52:38.0
Declination: -72:48:0
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 2.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Vespucci
Year of discovery: 1501
Discovery aperture:

Observational

Summary description: Cl, F, eeL, R, st 12…18
Sub-type: SBm

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 292 is the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud.  It's somewhat curious
that the Small Cloud has an entry in the NGC while the Large Cloud does not.
See the "notngc" file's entry on the LMC for more about this.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 292

18": This number actually refers to the entire Small Magellanic Cloud, a prominent naked-eye "cloud" with 47 Tuc off to one side.  Over a couple of nights, I went through the most prominent clusters and nebulae with the 18" at Magellan, although it was first viewed at Bargo.