GCl 99

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GCl 99, also known as Messier 28, is a bright globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
GCl 99 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object
globular star cluster
alsoKnownAs M28
Messier 28 NERFINISHED
NGC 6626 NERFINISHED
angularSize about 11 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 6.9
appearsNear Galactic center NERFINISHED
bestSeenInMonth July
catalog Messier catalogue NERFINISHED
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
constellation Sagittarius NERFINISHED
contains millisecond pulsars
pulsars
variable stars
declination −24° 52′
discoveredBy Charles Messier NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1764
distanceFromEarth about 18,000 light-years
about 5,500 parsecs
GalacticLatitude about −5.6°
GalacticLongitude about 7.8°
galacticPopulation Population II NERFINISHED
hasStellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars
hostGalaxy Milky Way NERFINISHED
locatedIn Milky Way
locatedInRegion Galactic bulge region NERFINISHED
metallicity[Fe/H] about −1.3
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf Milky Way globular cluster system NERFINISHED
rightAscension 18h 24m
ShapleySawyerConcentrationClass IV
visibleInHemisphere Southern celestial hemisphere

How these facts were elicited

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

Messier 28 otherName GCl 99
Messier 28 catalogNumber GCl 99