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Old 07-11-2013, 09:55 PM
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NGC 121 is a globular, but it is associated with the SMC rather than with our own Galaxy.

It is likely to be the oldest cluster in the SMC, but, interestingly, it is a couple of billion years younger than some of the globulars in our own galaxy.
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