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NGC 460 (also ESO 29-SC39) is a magnitude +12.5 open star cluster and H II emission nebula located about 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Tucana.

The cluster was first discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflector at Paramatta, New South Wales, Australia, on the 1st August 1826.
The cluster was independently rediscovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 11th April 1834.

Right Ascension 01h 14m 38.0s, Declination -73° 17' 30" 



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