Nebula · constellation Tuc
NGC 261
NGC 261ESO 029-012
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 0h 46m 27.9s
- Declination
- -73° 06' 13"
- Size
- 1.3′ × 1.1′
- Position angle
- 110°
- Magnitude
- 13.0 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.02 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- HOO, OSC, RGB
- Data source
- OpenNGC
In the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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