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47 Tucanae or 47 Tuc (also designated as NGC 104 and Caldwell 106) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 4.45 ± 0.01 kpc (15,000 ± 33 ly ) from Earth , [ 9 ] [ 4 ] and 120 light years in diameter.
Delta Tucanae A is a main sequence star of spectral type B9.5V and an apparent magnitude of 4.49. [22] The companion has an apparent magnitude of 9.3. [23] The Kappa Tucanae system shines with a combined apparent magnitude of 4.25, and is located around 68 light-years from the Solar System. [24]
English: Globular cluster 47 Tucanae. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 104 — or, more commonly, 47 Tucanae, since it is part of the constellation of Tucana (The Toucan) in the southern sky. After Omega Centauri it is the brightest globular cluster in the night sky, hosting tens of thousands of ...
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47 Tucanae: Globular Cluster: 14.7 Tucana: 4 C107 NGC 6101 Globular Cluster: 49.9 Apus: 9.3 C108 NGC 4372 Globular Cluster: 18.9 Musca: 7.8 C109 NGC 3195 Planetary Nebula: 5.4 Chamaeleon: 11.6 Caldwell number NGC number Common name Image Object type Distance to object in thousands of light years Constellation Apparent magnitude
Map of stars and open clusters within 100 parsecs of the Sun. The Tucana-Horologium association is at 285° galactic longitude. The Tucana-Horologium association (Tuc-Hor), or Tucana Horologium moving group, is a stellar association with an age of 45 ± 4 Myr [1] and it is one of the largest stellar associations within 100 parsecs (330 light-years).
Caldwell 106 (C106), the designation for globular cluster of 47 Tucanae located in the constellation Tucana. C-106 Loadmaster, a prototype World War II twin-engined transport aircraft built by Cessna for the United States Army Air Forces; CC-106 Yukon, the Royal Canadian Air Force designation for the Canadair CL-44; Pahang State Route C106 ...