Astronomy:NGC 6760
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Short description: Globular cluster in the constellation Aquila
| NGC 6760 | |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Class | IX:[1] |
| Constellation | Aquila |
| Right ascension | 19h 11m 12.1s[2] |
| Declination | +01° 01′ 49.7″[2] |
| Distance | 24.1 kly (7.4 kpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 9.0 |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 9.6' |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 3.57×105[4] M☉ |
| Metallicity | [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{smallmatrix}\left[\ce{Fe}/\ce{H}\right]\end{smallmatrix} }[/math] = –0.40[4] dex |
| Other designations | C 1908+009, GCl 109 |
NGC 6760 is a globular cluster[2] in the constellation Aquila. It may have contributed to the formation of the open cluster Ruprecht 127 during NGC 6760's passage through the galactic disk 71 million years ago.[5]
At least two millisecond pulsars have been found in NGC 6760.[6]
References
- ↑ Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen B. (August 1927), "A Classification of Globular Clusters", Harvard College Observatory Bulletin 849 (849): 11–14, Bibcode: 1927BHarO.849...11S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 6760. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad.
- ↑ Hessels, J. W. T. et al. (November 2007), "A 1.4 GHz Arecibo Survey for Pulsars in Globular Clusters", The Astrophysical Journal 670 (1): 363–378, doi:10.1086/521780, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...670..363H.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Boyles, J. et al. (November 2011), "Young Radio Pulsars in Galactic Globular Clusters", The Astrophysical Journal 742 (1): 51, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/742/1/51, Bibcode: 2011ApJ...742...51B.
- ↑ Bajkova, A. T.; Bobylev, V. V. (2019), "Search for the evolutionary relationship between Galactic globular and open clusters using data from the Gaia DR2 catalogue", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 488 (3): 3474–3481, doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2061
- ↑ Freire, Paulo C. C.; Hessels, Jason W. T.; Nice, David J.; Ransom, Scott M.; Lorimer, Duncan R.; Stairs, Ingrid H. (2005-03-10). "The Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6760" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal 621 (2): 959–965. doi:10.1086/427748. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode: 2005ApJ...621..959F. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/427748.
External links
- NGC 6760 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
- Simbad
- NGC 6760
Coordinates: 
19h 11m 12.1s, 0101° 49.7′ 1″
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