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47 Tucanae, NGC 104

Noirlab_noao-02212_1024

noirlab_noao-02212 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

47 Tucanae, or NGC104, a globular cluster in the constellation Tucana, as seen by the CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope in 1975. One of the nearest globular clusters, at only 16000 light-years, 47 Tuc has a diameter of 210 light-years and a mass about one million times that of the Sun.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02212/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 47 Tucanae • NGC 104

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Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 23m 5.9s; DEC = -72° 3’ 40.3”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 41.6 x 33.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Tucana

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ID: noao-02212
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Subject Name: 47 Tucanae, NGC 104
Credits: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-30T21:34:13
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02212/

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 5.774741929, -72.06120151
Reference Dimension: 2500.0, 2000.0

Reference Pixel: 1531.662048, 1086.630257
Scale: -0.00028, 0.000277
Rotation: -0.1262082527
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: noao-02212

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02212.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-09-12T14:56:35.592925
Metadata Version: 1.1

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