| NGC 460 | |
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 NGC 460 imaged by theHubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Right ascension | 01h 14m 41.6s[1] |
| Declination | −73° 17′ 51″[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Other designations | Kron 66, Lindsay 97, IRAS 01133-7333, LI-SMC 201.[1] |
| Associations | |
| Constellation | Tucana |
| See also:Open cluster,List of open clusters | |
NGC 460 is anopen cluster with a nebula located in the constellationTucana. It was possibly observed on August 1, 1826, byJames Dunlop, though it was officially discovered on April 11, 1834, byJohn Herschel.Dreyer described it as "very faint (in Nubecular Minor)," with Nubecular Minor referring to theSmall Magellanic Cloud.DeLisle Stewart described it as "faint, pretty large, irregularly round, gradually brighter middle, mottled but not resolved, 2nd of several."[2]
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