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Objects within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC, NGC 292)

Object           Type  RA (2000.0) Dec  m_v   dim

NGC  121          GC   00:26.8  -71:32  10.6  1.5
NGC  152          OC+  00:32.8  -73:09  11.9p
NGC  176          OC   00:35.8  -73:11  11.9p
NGC  220          OC   00:40.5  -73:24  11.7p
NGC  222          OC   00:40.6  -73.23  11.7p
NGC  231          OC   00:41.1  -73:22  11.8p
NGC  241          OC   00:
NGC  242          OC   00:43.6  -73:27  12.1p
          N13      N   00:45.4  -73:23
NGC  256          C/N  00:45.9  -73:30  12.0p
NGC  265          OC+  00:47.6  -73:29  11.9p
          N19     DN   00:47.5  -73:08
          N22     DN   00:48.0  -73:17
          N12     DN   00:48.2  -73:16
NGC  269          OC+  00:48.5  -73:32  12.2p
          N30      N   00:49.1  -73:09
          N36      N   00:50.6  -72:53
NGC  290          OC   00:51.3  -73:09  11.9p
NGC  292  SMC          00:52.7  -72:50   2.3  280x160  [SMC galaxy]
NGC  299          OC   00:54.0  -72:10  11.7p
NGC  306          OC   00:54.8  -72:13  12.5p
NGC  330  Dun 23  OC   00:56.2  -72:29   9.6  1.9
NGC  339          OC*  00:57.7  -74:29  11.9  2.2
NGC  346  Dun 25  C/N  00:59.1  -72:11  10.3  5.2      
          N66     SNR  00:59.1  -72:11  12.6
NGC  361          OC*  01:02.2  -71:33  11.8  1.5
NGC  371  Dun 31  SC   01:03.3  -72:05        7.5      w/ nebula N76
          N76     DN   01:03.4  -72:02
NGC  376  Dun 36  OC   01:03.9  -72:49  11.8p
          N78     DN   01:04.9  -72:00
NGC  395          OC   01:05.1  -72:00
NGC  411          OC   01:07.9  -71:46  12.2
NGC  416          OC*  01:08.1  -72:21  11.0  1.1
NGC  419          OC*  01:08.3  -72:53  10.0  2.6
          N81     DN   01:09.2  -73:12  11.5 12
          N83     DN   01:14.3  -73:17
          N84     DN   01:14.3  -73:17
          N85     DN   01:16.0  -73:20
NGC  456  Dun  7  C/N  01:14.4  -73:17  15             
NGC  458          OC   01:14.9  -71:33  10.5p
NGC  465          OC   01:15.8  -73:19

Key:

Object: Object identifier (NGC/IC, Dunlop)
Type:: Object type: GC, Globular Cluster; OC, Open Cluster (*: Classified as GC in Sky Catalogue 2000.0, +: Classified as GC in NGC 2000.0); C/N: Open Cluster associated with Diffuse Nebula; SC, Star Cloud.
RA, Dec: Right Ascension and Declination for epoch 2000.0
m_v, dim: visual brightness in magnitudes and dimension in arc minutes

Below we present links to some more information on some objects in the SMC:

NGC 265 open cluster: Hubble Space Telescope image, press release STScI-2006-17
NGC 290 open cluster: Hubble Space Telescope image, press release STScI-2006-17
NGC 346 open cluster with nebula: Hubble Space Telescope images, press releases STScI-2005-04 and STScI-2005-35
N 66 PN or SNR: Hubble Space Telescope image, press release STScI-1992-08
N 81 diffuse nebula with massive young cluster: Hubble Space Telescope images, press releases STScI-1998-25 and STScI-2000-30

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