Astronomy:ESO 280-SC06
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Short description: Globular star cluster in the constellation Ara
| ESO 280-SC06 | |
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 The globular cluster ESO 280-SC06, rendered in Celestia | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Ara |
| Right ascension | 18h 09m 06.0s[1] |
| Declination | −46° 25′ 23″[1] |
| Distance | 69.8 kly (21.4 kpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | -4.87[1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Metallicity | [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}\left[\ce{Fe}/\ce{H}\right]\end{smallmatrix} }[/math] = –1.8[1] dex |
| Other designations | ESO 280-6[1] |
ESO 280-SC06 (also known as ESO 280-6) is a globular cluster[2] 69,800 light years from the Sun in the constellation of Ara. The cluster received this designation when it was catalogued by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile . Imagery and Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams show a sparsely populated globular cluster with a compact core.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "ESO 280-SC06". Globular cluster ESO 280-SC06, in Ara. http://spider.seds.org/spider/MWGC/eso280sc06.html.
- ↑ "Milky Way Globular Clusters". Results for ESO 280-SC06. http://spider.seds.org/spider/MWGC/mwgc.html.
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