NGC 288
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	Common Name:NGC 288 Other Names: RA: 00:52.8 Dec -26:35 Constellation: Sculptor Distance: Magnitude: 8.1 Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 14" Camera: SBig ST-8 Filters: Clear Exposure: 30 minutes (30 x 60 sec) Date: Sept/2006 Software acquisition: acquired with ccdsoft Processing Software: Maxim DL, stacking, stretch 0.2. Where: Tenby Observatory, Coonabarabran Lat: 31 16 35.05 S, Long 149 11 33.99 E, Elevation 547metres Notes: Globular cluster NGC 288 was discovered by William Herschel on October 27, 1785. It is a population II GC with a metallicity of -1.24.