^BTHIS PICTURE MAY NOT BE USED TO STATE OR IMPLY THE ^BENDORSEMENT BY NOAO OF ANY COMPANY OR PRODUCT. *** THIS PICTURE 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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