NGC 371

NGC 371
NGC 371
	NGC 371 image using the FORS1 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Tucana
Right ascension	01h 03m 25s
Declination	−72° 04.4′ 00″
Distance	200000 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

References

^ "NGC 371". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 371". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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.