Astronomy:NGC 2005

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NGC 2005
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NGC 2005 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationDorado
Right ascension 05h 30m 08.5s[1]
Declination−69° 45′ 14.42″[1]
Distance162 kly (49.7 kpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)11.57[1]
Apparent dimensions (V)1.6' × 1.6'
Physical characteristics
Mass170,000 - 560,000[2] M
Metallicity[Fe/H] = –1.92[3] dex
Estimated age13.8 ± 4.9 Gyr[4]
Other designationsNGC 2005
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

NGC 2005 is a globular cluster located within the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado.

Compared to other globular clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 2005 has a notably different chemical composition, suggesting it belonged to another galaxy which merged with the LMC at some point in the past.[5][6] However, this hypothesis has been disputed.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NGC 2005". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2005. 
  2. Mackey*, A. D.; Gilmore, G. F. (2003-01-01). "Surface brightness profiles and structural parameters for 53 rich stellar clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud" (in en). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 338 (1): 85–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06021.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2003MNRAS.338...85M. 
  3. Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Schommer, Robert A.; Olszewski, Edward W.; Walker, Alistair R. (1992-11-01). "Spectroscopy of giants in LMC clusters. III - Velocities and abundances for NGC 1841 and Reticulum and the properties of the metal-poor clusters". The Astronomical Journal 104: 1743. doi:10.1086/116356. Bibcode1992AJ....104.1743S. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?1992AJ....104.1743S. 
  4. Wagner-Kaiser, R; Mackey, Dougal; Sarajedini, Ata; Cohen, Roger E; Geisler, Doug; Yang, Soung-Chul; Grocholski, Aaron J; Cummings, Jeffrey D (2018-03-11). "Exploring the nature and synchronicity of early cluster formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud – III. Horizontal branch morphology" (in en). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 474 (4): 4358–4365. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx3061. ISSN 0035-8711. http://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/474/4/4358/4668422. 
  5. "Hubble Captures a Cosmic Fossil - NASA" (in en-US). https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-captures-a-cosmic-fossil/. 
  6. Mucciarelli, A.; Massari, D.; Minelli, A.; Romano, D.; Bellazzini, M.; Ferraro, F. R.; Matteucci, F.; Origlia, L. (2021-10-18). "A relic from a past merger event in the Large Magellanic Cloud" (in en). Nature Astronomy 5 (12): 1247–1254. doi:10.1038/s41550-021-01493-y. ISSN 2397-3366. Bibcode2021NatAs...5.1247M. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01493-y. 
  7. Piatti, Andrés E.; Hirai, Yutaka (2023-04-25). "The Origin of the Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Cluster NGC 2005" (in en). The Astronomical Journal 165 (5): 213. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acc6d1. ISSN 1538-3881. Bibcode2023AJ....165..213P. 


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