NGC 5286
E518173
NGC 5286 is a bright, densely packed globular star cluster located in the southern sky and often studied for its old, metal-poor stellar population.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular cluster ⓘ |
| absoluteMagnitudeV | about −8.7 ⓘ |
| age |
about 12.5 billion years
ⓘ
old stellar population ⓘ |
| angularSize | 9.6 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.3 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way globular cluster system ⓘ |
| bestObservedIn | spring months in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concentrationClass | high ⓘ |
| contains |
RR Lyrae variable stars
ⓘ
blue straggler stars ⓘ |
| coreCollapsed | no ⓘ |
| declination | −51° 22′ 27″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | James Dunlop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 11.7 kiloparsecs
ⓘ
about 38,000 light-years ⓘ |
| GalacticLatitude | about +10.6 degrees ⓘ |
| GalacticLongitude | about 311.6 degrees ⓘ |
| halfLightRadius | about 2.4 arcminutes ⓘ |
| horizontalBranchMorphology | blue horizontal branch ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic halo
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | on the order of 10^5 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicity | metal-poor ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about −1.7 ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | concentrated globular cluster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense central region
ⓘ
multiple stellar populations ⓘ old metal-poor stars ⓘ |
| observedBy | Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
C 1343-512
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ESO 221- SC5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 13h 46m 26.8s ⓘ |
| ShapleySawyerConcentrationClass | II ⓘ |
| stellarPopulation | Population II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
chemical evolution of the Galactic halo
ⓘ
dynamics of dense stellar systems ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightness | high central surface brightness ⓘ |
| visibility | southern sky ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.