Right ascension 00 26 48.25 Distance 199.0 Kly (61 Kpc ) Estimated age 10.00663559 billion years Apparent magnitude (V) 11.24 | Declination −71° 32′ 8.4″ Magnitude 11.24 Constellation Tucana | |
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Radius 175 light years (53.7 parsecs) Similar NGC 152, NGC 339, NGC 101 | ||
NGC 121 is a globular cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation of Tucana. It was first discovered by John Herschel on September 20, 1835. The compiler of the New General Catalogue, John Louis Emil Dreyer, described this object as "pretty bright, pretty small, little extended, very gradually brighter middle".
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