Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Tucana (Tuc)  ·  Contains:  47 Tuc  ·  NGC 104  ·  NGC 346  ·  NGC 362  ·  NGC 456  ·  The star βHyi  ·  The star κTuc  ·  The star λ2Tuc  ·  The star λHyi  ·  The star πTuc
SMC and TUC47, Christian van den Berge
SMC and TUC47
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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way at a distance of around 200,000 light-years. Together with the LMC it can be clearly seen with the naked eye.

The SMC is visually accompanied by 2 globular clusters. The biggest one is called Tuc47 and it is located 16,700 light years from us. It is in fact the second brightest globular cluster in the sky (after Omega Centauri).

Unfortunately I only took a few (long) exposures and wasn't able to preserve the core of the globular cluster.

Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 80-200mm F2.8 used at 80mmF4

17 x 5min ISO800

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SMC and TUC47, Christian van den Berge