Messier 14
E487629
Messier 14 is a bright globular star cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus, composed of hundreds of thousands of ancient stars densely packed together.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Messier object
ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ globular star cluster ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −9.1 ⓘ |
| age | about 11–13 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 6402 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 11.7 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.6 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonths |
August
ⓘ
July ⓘ June ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
M14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 6402 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Messier Catalogue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | hundreds of thousands of stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | high ⓘ |
| declination | −03° 14′ 45″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1764 ⓘ |
| discoveryMethod | telescopic observation ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 30,000 light-years
ⓘ
about 9.3 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticComponent | Galactic halo ⓘ |
| hasCentralDensity | very high stellar density ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexB−V | about +0.7 ⓘ |
| hasVariableStars | yes ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundSystem | yes ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Ophiuchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | celestial equator ⓘ |
| mass | several hundred thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicity | [Fe/H] ≈ −1.3 ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| orbitalMotion | orbits the center of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 17h 37m 36s ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | Population II ⓘ |
| variableStarTypes | RR Lyrae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visibility | visible with binoculars under dark skies ⓘ |
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