NGC 371

NGC 371
NGC 371 image using the FORS1 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTucana
Right ascension01h 03m 25s [1]
Declination−72° 04.4′ 00″
Distance200000 ly (61320 pc)
Other designations
Cl Kron 48, ESO 51-14, Cl Lindsay 71, Cl Melotte 5

NGC 371, also called Hodge 53, is an open cluster 200,000 light-years (61,320 pc) away located in the Small Magellanic Cloud in Tucana constellation. It was discovered on 1 August 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.[2]

Prominent stars[3][4]
Star bame Effective temperature (K) Absolute magnitude Bolometric magnitude Mass (M☉) Spectral type
AB6 105000/35000 -5.15/-6.65 -10.96/-10.01 9/41 WN4+O6.5I
AB7 105000/36000 -4.4/-5.7 -10.51/-9.01 23/44 WN4+O6I(f)
Hodge53-207 50100 -4.8 -9.3 53 O
Hodge53-47a 48600 -4.9 -9.3 50 O4V
Hodge53-47b 42400 -4.9 -8.9 37 O6.5V
Hodge53-60 37200 -5.4 -9 36 O8III
AV 327 33000 -5.8 -9.1 35 O9I
Hodge53-141 34400 -5.8 -9.2 34 O9III
Hodge53-137 35700 -5.6 -9.1 34 O8.5III
Hodge53-118 42500 -4.6 -8.6 34
Hodge53-91 37200 -5.1 -8.7 32 O8.5V
Hodge53-11 41800 -4.4 -8.3 31
Hodge53-74 39400 -4.6 -8.4 30
  1. ^ "NGC 371". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  2. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 371". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ Massey, Philip; Waterhouse, Elizabeth; DeGioia-Eastwood, Kathleen (May 2000). "The Progenitor Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars and Luminous Blue Variables Determined from Cluster Turnoffs. I. Results from 19 OB Associations in the Magellanic Clouds". The Astronomical Journal. 119 (5): 2214–2241. arXiv:astro-ph/0002233. Bibcode:2000AJ....119.2214M. doi:10.1086/301345. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 16891188.
  4. ^ Shenar, T.; Hainich, R.; Todt, H.; Sander, A.; Hamann, W.-R.; Moffat, A. F. J.; Eldridge, J. J.; Pablo, H.; Oskinova, L. M.; Richardson, N. D. (2016). "Wolf-Rayet stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: II. Analysis of the binaries". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 1604: A22. arXiv:1604.01022. Bibcode:2016A&A...591A..22S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527916. S2CID 119255408.