GCl 104
E504053
GCl 104 is the catalog designation for Messier 70, a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age | on the order of 10 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M70
ⓘ
Messier 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6681 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 7.8 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 7.9 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | summer ⓘ |
| catalog |
GCl catalogue
ⓘ
Messier catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogDesignation |
GCl 104
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M70 ⓘ Messier 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6681 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clusterConcentration | high ⓘ |
| clusterType | Class V globular cluster ⓘ |
| containsObjectType |
old stars
ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ |
| coreCollapseStatus | core-collapsed ⓘ |
| declination | -32° 17′ 31″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1780 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth | approximately 29,300 light-years ⓘ |
| distanceFromSun | approximately 8,800 parsecs ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | about -12.9 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | about 3.2 degrees ⓘ |
| hasCentralConcentration | strong ⓘ |
| hasColorIndexBminusV | about 0.7 ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDense | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic bulge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Galactic center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| messierNumber | 70 ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about -1.6 ⓘ |
| ngcNumber | 6681 ⓘ |
| objectType | deep-sky object ⓘ |
| observedInWavelength |
infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 43m 12s ⓘ |
| skyLocationRegion | toward the center of the Milky Way ⓘ |
| visibleFromHemisphere |
Southern Hemisphere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
low-latitude Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
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