* Astronomy

NGC 456 (also ESO 29-SC38) is a magnitude +12.6 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 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.

Right Ascension 01h 13m 46.0s, Declination -73° 17' 30"