47 Tucanae

Globular Cluster 47-Tucanae.
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206,000 Light Years Away!

The Small Magellanic Cloud, NGC 292

A fine globular cluster near the Small Magellanic Cloud.

With no more images in the pipeline and the bushfire smoke worsening again in South West Sydney – and showing … More

Deep in the Southern sky, right next to the Small Magellanic Cloud and just 18° from the South Celestial Pole, lies this … More

47 Tucanae is a spectacular globular cluster, one of the best in the sky – and easily seen with the … More

A bright globular cluster in Tucana. 15,000 light years away, in the constellation of Tucana, lies the second brightest globular cluster … More

A bright globular cluster, located 18º from the South Celestial Pole, so this beautiful object is not visible to observers … More

A planetary nebula (a star that is dying), two star clusters, a globular cluster containing millions of stars and an … More

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy, in the far southern constellation of … More

With the Moon now absent during the evening at last, I had a go at finding Comet Catalina, at about 50 … More

I was out at our dark sky site with good friends from Macarthur Astronomical Society, testing my LX-90 in polar … More