This image may not be used to state or imply NOAO endorsement of any company or product Optical photograph of 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), a bright globular

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This image may not be used to state or imply NOAO endorsement of any company or product Optical photograph of 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), a bright globular cluster in the constellation of Tucana. The cluster is one of the closest known. It lies some 16 thousand light years away and has a diameter of around 210 light years. 47 Tucanae is one of the many globular clusters of older stars which lie in a spherical \halo\" around our galaxy."

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Keywords: 47, 104, astronomy, cluster, cosmology, globular, ngc, science, star, stars, stellar, tucanae