NGC 362 (also known as Caldwell 104) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana in the Southern Hemisphere, slightly north of the Small Magellanic Cloud, to which it is completely unrelated.

[5] It is visible to the naked eye in dark skies, and is an impressive sight in a telescope, although it is somewhat overshadowed by its larger and brighter neighbour 47 Tucanae.

This implies that NGC 362 is a relatively young globular cluster.

[6] It also has an overabundance of binary stars, and an exceptionally tight core 13 light-years in diameter.

[6] The orbit of NGC 362 is highly eccentric, taking it to within 3,260 light-years of the Galactic Center.