Deep sky · Globular cluster in Tucana · NGC 104
Globular cluster
47 Tuc
47 Tucanae, the second-brightest globular cluster — a naked-eye fuzzy star beside the Small Magellanic Cloud.
- Type
- Globular cluster
- Designations
- NGC 104
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.1
- Apparent size
- 31′ × 12′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 0h 24m · Dec −72° 05′
Look for
It is 15,000 light-years away, in our own galaxy, while the Small Magellanic Cloud beside it is 200,000 light-years away.