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We present a new photometry of the Small Magellanic Cloud star cluster NGC 458 in UBVI filters. We determine the reddening . By comparison with the isochrones by Bertelli et al. (1994) we derive an age of ≈140 Myr. Three candidate blue straggler stars are proposed. The evolved “blue loop” stars of NGC 458 have masses between 4 and 5 and are hotter than model predictions.
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