Open cluster · constellation Tuc
NGC 256
NGC 256ESO 029-011
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 0h 45m 53.3s
- Declination
- -73° 30' 25"
- Size
- 54.0″ × 54.0″
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 12.5 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 20.90 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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