47 Tucanae NGC 104 C106

Capture

Seestar s50 68 stacks

Date

31 August 2024

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1080 × 1920 px

47 Tucanae NGC 104 C106 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 14,500 ± 32.6 ly from Earth, and 120 light years in diameter. 47 Tuc can be seen with the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 4.1. It is the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, and telescopically reveals about ten thousand stars, many appearing within a small dense central core. It is one of the most massive globular clusters in the Galaxy, containing millions of stars.

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