NGC 290

Summary

NGC 290 is a star cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 290 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 290's image is recorded as NGC290.jpg^[4].
• NGC 290's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 290's constellation is recorded as Tucana^[6].
• NGC 290's part of is recorded as Small Magellanic Cloud^[7].
• NGC 290's Commons category is recorded as NGC 290^[8].
• NGC 290's catalog code is recorded as NGC 290^[9].
• NGC 290's catalog code is recorded as ESO 29-19^[10].
• NGC 290's catalog code is recorded as OGLE-CL SMC 69^[11].
• NGC 290's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-04-11T00:00:00Z^[12].
• NGC 290's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qgssc^[13].
• NGC 290's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 290^[14].
• NGC 290's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.71'}^[15].
• NGC 290's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.91'}^[16].
• NGC 290's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.10'}^[17].
• NGC 290's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.09'}^[18].
• NGC 290's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 290^[19].
• NGC 290's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 290^[20].
• NGC 290's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.801375'}^[21].
• NGC 290's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-73.161694'}^[22].
• NGC 290's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[23].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 290 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 290 has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]