Open cluster · constellation Tuc
NGC 242
NGC 242
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 0h 43m 33.8s
- Declination
- -73° 26' 47"
- Size
- 45.0″ × 45.0″
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 12.1 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 20.10 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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