NGC 346
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ngc-346-167-5794115
title:
NGC 346
text:
NGC 346 is a young open cluster of stars with associated nebula located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) that appears in the southern constellation of Tucana. It was discovered August 1, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. J. L. E. Dreyer described it as, "bright, large, very irregular figure, much brighter middle similar to double star, mottled but not resolved". On the outskirts of the cluster is the multiple star system HD 5980, one of the brightest stars in the SMC. This cluster is
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Open cluster in the constellation Tucana
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_346
date created:
2007-04-03T15:11:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T20:19:23Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1036219","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1036219"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/NGC_346_MIRI_image_%28weic2324a%29.jpg","width":1280,"height":1336}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16