Observations of The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)

NGC 152

Andrew Murrell

This cluster looks like a slightly larger and brighter version of Kron 3.

It can be located 1° Southeast of 47 Tucana. The cluster is 1½-arc minutes across with no central condensation and an integrated magnitude of 12.8. This cluster was also discovered by Herschel with his 18¼" telescope but owners of 6" scopes may glimpse this globular cluster from a dark sky. No central condensation was visible but the brightest stars do start to resolve with larger telescopes. The cluster is well defined from the background sky.

Deepsky Observers companion

11 x 80 Binoculars Not found.
6" ƒ/8.6 Newtonian Not found using powers up to 108x. (suburban skies)

Max Gardner

Very very faint round haze, unresolved with little condensation. There is a 13^th magnitude star in the field to the East.