NGC 6637
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NGC 6637 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for its high metallicity and inclusion in Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 69.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGC 6637 canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular cluster ⓘ |
| age | ~13 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M69
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messier 69 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 9.8 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.7 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | summer ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | NGC 6637 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clusterType | Class V (Shapley–Sawyer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constellation | Sagittarius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | high ⓘ |
| declination | −32° 20′ 57″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | August 31, 1780 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
29000 light-years
ⓘ
8.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| epoch | J2000 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −10.27° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 1.53° ⓘ |
| hasAlternateDesignation |
ESO 456-38
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GCl 95 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Caldwell 0 (none; not in Caldwell catalogue) ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | −185 km/s ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Milky Way bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| messierNumber | M69 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicity | high ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | −0.64 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dense core
ⓘ
high metallicity ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | Sagittarius region of the Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 31m 23s ⓘ |
| visibleWith | small telescope ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.