NGC 176

{{Short description|Cluster in the constellation Tucana}}

{{Infobox cluster

| name = NGC 176

| image = NGC176-HST-R555GB450.jpg

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|00|35|57.9}}{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 0176

| url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+176&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

| access-date=2016-09-02}}

| dec = {{DEC|-73|09|59}}

| constellation name = Tucana

| z =

| dist_ly =

| type = *Cl

| appmag_v = 13.01

| size_v =

| notes =

| age = 130 Myr{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mnras/stab2297|title=STEP survey – II. Structural analysis of 170 star clusters in the SMC|year=2021|last1=Gatto|first1=M.|last2=Ripepi|first2=V.|last3=Bellazzini|first3=M.|last4=Tosi|first4=M.|last5=Cignoni|first5=M.|last6=Tortora|first6=C.|last7=Leccia|first7=S.|last8=Clementini|first8=G.|last9=Grebel|first9=E. K.|last10=Longo|first10=G.|last11=Marconi|first11=M.|last12=Musella|first12=I.|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=507|issue=3|pages=3312–3330|doi-access=free |arxiv=2108.02791}}

| mass_msol = {{val|3.5e3}}

| names = ESO 029-SC 002.

}}

NGC 176 is an open cluster around 3.5 million light-years away{{cn|date=December 2021}} in the constellation Tucana. It is located within the Small Magellanic Cloud.{{cite simbad|title=NGC 176|accessdate=2021-12-24}} It was discovered on August 12, 1834, by John Herschel.