Messier 70

E117837

Messier 70 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Messier 70 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object
NGC object
globular star cluster
absoluteMagnitudeV −7.53
age about 12 billion years
angularSize 7.8 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 8.0
bestSeenFrom low northern latitudes
southern latitudes
catalogCode GCl 104
M70
NGC 6681
clusterType dense globular cluster
constellation Sagittarius
contains old stars
coreCollapseStatus core-collapsed
declination −32° 17′ 31″
discoveredBy Charles Messier
discoveredInConstellation Sagittarius
discovererNationality French
discoveryDate 1780-08-31
discoveryMethod telescopic observation
distanceFromEarth 29000 light-years
8.9 kiloparsecs
epoch J2000.0
galacticLatitude −12.85 degrees
galacticLongitude −2.65 degrees
hasAlternativeName GCl 104
M70
surface form: M 70

NGC 6681
surface form: NGC6681
hasColorIndexBminusV 0.81
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
hostGalaxy Milky Way
locatedIn Milky Way center
surface form: Galactic bulge

Milky Way
locatedNear Milky Way center
surface form: Galactic center
metallicityClass metal-poor
metallicityFeH −1.33
namedAfter Charles Messier
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
partOf Messier catalogue
New General Catalogue
rightAscension 18h 43m 12.7s
ShapleySawyerConcentrationClass V
similarTo Messier 69
visibleInSeason summer (Northern Hemisphere)

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagittarius contains Messier 70