Gclusters :: Link Item "lk41"

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Gclusters :: Link Item "lk41"

Link ID: lk41

Cluster NGC 104

Name The Toucan's Diamond: VLT Image of a Unique Swarm of Stars, 47 Tuc
Description The Southern constellation Tucana (the Toucan) is probably best known as the home of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. But Tucana also hosts another famous object that shines thousands of lights, like a magnificent, oversized diamond in the sky: the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. More popularly known as 47 Tuc, it is surpassed in size and brightness by only one other globular cluster, Omega Centauri....
Added on 2006-06-13
URL http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-20-06.html

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Link ID: lk41
Cluster	NGC 104
Name	The Toucan's Diamond: VLT Image of a Unique Swarm of Stars, 47 Tuc
Description	The Southern constellation Tucana (the Toucan) is probably best known as the home of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. But Tucana also hosts another famous object that shines thousands of lights, like a magnificent, oversized diamond in the sky: the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. More popularly known as 47 Tuc, it is surpassed in size and brightness by only one other globular cluster, Omega Centauri....
Added on	2006-06-13
URL	http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-20-06.html