Tucanae

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• The stars in the constellation are famously represented by the name 47 Tucanae in scientific literature.

• Astronomers had studied globular clusters, including 47 Tucanae (known colloquially as "47 Tuc"), with the Hubble Space Telescope before the servicing mission.

  Academic text (1994)

• 30 Doradus and 47 Tucanae are the only numbered bodies in the deep southern hemisphere.

  Academic text (2000)

• PHOTOS (BLACK & WHITE): The core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae taken with Hubble's Faint Object Camera before and after servicing.

  Academic text (1994)

• Lying 2 degrees to the west of the SMC is the second best globular cluster in the night sky: 47 Tucanae (NGC 104).

  Academic text (2002)

• The Magellanic Clouds can be seen to the left of the Milky Way. The Tarantula Nebula is visible as a bright spot in the Large Magellanic Cloud, while the cluster 47 Tucanae appears as a bright diffuse star just next to the Small Magellanic Cloud.

  Blog text (23)

• One of the most studied objects in astronomy is 47 Tucanae, a globular cluster in the southern sky.

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