NGC 330

Scientific overview

NGC 330 is an open cluster in the constellation Tucana. It shines at apparent magnitude 9.55 and spans about 2.8 arcminutes of sky.

Difficulty

Medium telescope

Recommended equipment

≈ 150–200 mm telescope

Best observed

Autumn (S. evening sky)

Best hemisphere

Southern

Guidance follows standard observing practice, derived from the object's real magnitude and position. A dark, moonless sky always helps.

RA / Dec

0.9382h / -72.4629°

Hemisphere

Southern

Season

Autumn

Object	Type	Mag	Size (′)
Small Magellanic CloudNGC 292	Barred spiral galaxy	2.3	299.92
47 Tuc ClusterC 106 · NGC 104	Globular cluster	4.09	31.8
NGC 362C 104 · NGC 362	Globular cluster	6.58	8.7

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

OpenNGCOpenNGC (M. Verga) — NGC/IC, Messier, and Caldwell catalogue data
Openly-licensed deep-sky catalogue: object types, positions, magnitudes, sizes, morphology, and cross-identifiers.

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