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                                  2024 February 8   
      
                           Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc   
           Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse   
      
      Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the   
      southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way   
      Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second   
      brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet   
      Earth, 47 Tuc lies about 13,000 light-years away. It can be spotted   
      with the naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in   
      the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of   
      hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years   
      across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to   
      pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly   
      packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest   
      known orbit around a black hole.   
      
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