47 Tucanae
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47 Tucanae, also designated as NGC 104, Caldwell 106 or simply 47 Tuc, is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 4.45 ± 0.01 kpc from Earth, and 120 light years in diamete
After Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae is the brightest globular cluster in the night sky.
Multiple stellar populations in 47 Tucanae
Omega Centauri
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Omega Centauri is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years, it is th
47 Tucanae
…1750s, when the cluster was first identified by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille from South Africa. 47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, and telescopically reveals about ten thousand stars, many appearing within a small dense central core. The cluster may contain an intermediate-mass…
The central region of Omega Centauri. The lower illustration charts the future positions of the stars highlighted by the white box in the top image. Each streak represents the star's predicted motion over the next 600 years. The period between dots corresponds to 30 years. October 2010
Captured with the WFI camera from ESO's La Silla Observatory