NGC 6715

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NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6715 canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf globular star cluster
absoluteMagnitudeV about −10.0
age about 12 billion years
alsoKnownAs M54 NERFINISHED
Messier 54 NERFINISHED
angularSize 9.1 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 7.6
belongsTo Milky Way halo system NERFINISHED
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy globular cluster system NERFINISHED
catalogCode NGC 6715 NERFINISHED
cataloguedIn Messier catalogue NERFINISHED
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
concentrationClass V
coreCollapsed false
declination −30° 28′ 42″
discoveredAs nebula without stars (in early observations)
discoveredBy Charles Messier NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1778
distanceFromEarth about 26.5 kiloparsecs
about 87,000 light-years
distanceFromGalacticCenter about 18.9 kiloparsecs
epoch J2000
galacticLatitude −14.1 degrees
galacticLongitude 5.6 degrees
galacticPopulation Population II stars NERFINISHED
halfLightRadius about 0.82 arcminutes
hasStellarPopulation multiple stellar populations
hasTidalInteractionWith Milky Way NERFINISHED
hostGalaxy Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED
isGravitationallyBoundTo Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED
isIncludedIn Harris catalogue of globular clusters NERFINISHED
isPartOf Local Group NERFINISHED
locatedIn Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NERFINISHED
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius NERFINISHED
mass about 2 million solar masses
metallicityFeH about −1.5
notableFor association with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
being one of the first globular clusters recognized as lying beyond the Milky Way
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radialVelocity about 142 km/s
rightAscension 18h 55m 03.3s

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Subject: NGC 6715
Description of subject: NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.

Referenced by (3)

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

Messier 54 alsoKnownAs NGC 6715
Messier 54 catalogNumber NGC 6715
M54 alsoKnownAs NGC 6715