If our Sun were near the center of NGC 362, the night sky would glow like a jewel box of bright stars. Hundreds of stars would glow brighter than Sirius, and in many different colors. Although these stars could become part of breathtaking constellations and intricate folklore, if you lived near one of them, it would be difficult to see -- and hence understand -- the greater universe beyond. So God put us in exactly the right place, so we could study the universe! NGC 362 is one of only about 170 globular clusters of stars that exist in our Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 362 can be found with the unaided eye nearly in front of the Small Magellanic Cloud, and angularly close to the second brightest globular cluster known, 47 Tucanae.

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