NGC 4372
E758948
NGC 4372 is a globular star cluster located in the southern constellation Musca, known for its great age and heavy obscuration by interstellar dust.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | globular star cluster ⓘ |
| age |
about 12 billion years
ⓘ
very old globular cluster ⓘ |
| angularSize | 18.6 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.8 ⓘ |
| appearsNear | dark nebula in Musca ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Milky Way globular cluster system ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | small telescopes ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | NGC 4372 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
blue straggler candidates
ⓘ
horizontal branch stars ⓘ red giant branch stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | low-concentration cluster ⓘ |
| declination | −72° 39′ 32″ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | James Dunlop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 18,000 light-years
ⓘ
about 5.5 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| galacticComponent | Galactic halo ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | −9.88 degrees ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 300.99 degrees ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
ESO 65-SC11
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GCl 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColorExcessEBV | about 0.39 ⓘ |
| hasHalfLightRadius | about 6.6 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | about 72 km/s (receding) ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation |
metal-poor stars
ⓘ
old low-mass stars ⓘ |
| heavilyObscuredBy | interstellar dust ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
studies of interstellar extinction in Musca region
ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution in metal-poor clusters ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Musca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInSkyHemisphere | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| mass | about 2×10^5 solar masses ⓘ |
| metallicityFeH | about −2.1 ⓘ |
| observedBestFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reddenedBy | foreground dust ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 25m 45s ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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