NGC 6229

E925812

NGC 6229 is a remote globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf globular cluster
star cluster
age ~12 billion years
angularSize 4.5 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 9.4
belongsTo Local Group NERFINISHED
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
bestViewingSeason Northern summer
catalog C 1645+476 NERFINISHED
GCl 41 NERFINISHED
NGC NERFINISHED
concentrationClass V
constellation Hercules NERFINISHED
coreRadius 0.13 arcminutes
declination +47° 31′ 40″
discoveredBy William Herschel NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1787-01-12
discoveryInstrument reflecting telescope
distanceFromEarth ~100000 light-years
~30 kiloparsecs
epoch J2000
galacticLatitude +40.31°
galacticLongitude 73.64°
halfLightRadius 0.47 arcminutes
hasBlueStragglerStars true
hasHorizontalBranch true
hasMorphology spherical
hasStellarPopulation old stars
hostGalaxy Milky Way NERFINISHED
isGravitationallyBoundSystem true
isPartOf New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars NERFINISHED
isRemote true
locatedIn Milky Way
Milky Way halo NERFINISHED
metallicity[Fe/H] -1.43
metallicityClass metal-poor
observedIn optical wavelengths
rightAscension 16h 46m 58.8s
shapleySawyerConcentrationClass V
visibleWith small telescope

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Hercules contains NGC 6229