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Other SMC
Other SMC — Small Magellanic Cloud
Galaxy
· TucanaIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Right ascension
- 0h 52m 45s
- Declination
- -72° 49′ 44″
- Magnitude
- 2.7
- Angular size
- 300′ × 180′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Aug-Dec
- Catalog IDs
- SMC
About this target
Astrophotography framing size represents the main visible cloud; wide-field target.