NGC 290

NGC 290 is the designation of an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is about 200,000 light- years away from Earth. The diameter of NGC 290 is about 65 light-years.

The open cluster NGC 290 was discovered on April 11, 1834 by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel.

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