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NGC 248
Emission nebula in the constellation Tucana
NGC 248 is an emission nebula in the constellation Tucana. It is in the Small Magellanic Cloud. It was discovered in 1834 by the astronomer John Frederick William Herschel. NGC 248 is about 60 light-years long and 20 light-years wide.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- NGC 248 JWST NIRCam.jpg by NASA/ESA/CSA JWST NIRCam; Julia Roman-Duval et al. & Melina Thévenot, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Festive nebulae NGC 248.jpg by NASA, ESA, STScI, K. Sandstrom (University of California, San Diego), and the SMIDGE team., CC BY 4.0
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