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NGC 290

open cluster in the constellation Tucana
Thing star_cluster Q126020

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
star cluster
Part of
Small Magellanic Cloud[4]
Apparent magnitude
11.1 (11.1–12.1, n=4)[9][10][11][12]
Catalog code
NGC 290, ESO 29-19, OGLE-CL SMC 69[5][6][7]
Constellation
Tucana[3]
Declination
-73.161694 degree[14]
Discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel[2]
Epoch
J2000.0[15]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Right ascension
12.801375 degree[13]
Time of discovery or invention
April 11, 1834[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en New General Catalogue 290 ar NGC ٢٩٠ ar إن جي سي 290 ar إن جي سي ٢٩٠ fa ان‌جی‌سی ۲۹۰
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NGC290.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02qgssc
New General Catalogue ID
290
SIMBAD ID
NGC 290
Topic's main category
Category:NGC 290

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Summary

NGC 290 is a star cluster[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . New General Catalogue. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . The star clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: age distribution. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-290_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 290}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-290}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}}
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