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.

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
Prominent stars[2][3]
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

References edit

  1. ^ "NGC 371". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.

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