AM-1

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Globular cluster
AM-1
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Pendulum clock
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 55 m 02.70 s
declination -49 ° 36 ′ 52.0 ″
Appearance
Angular expansion 1.23 '
Physical data
Radial velocity 116 ± 20 km / s
distance 120  kpc 
Age 11.1 billion years
Metallicity [Fe / H] −1.85 ± 0.15
history
Catalog names
 C 0353-497, C 0354-498 •  ESO  201-SC10 •

AM-1 is a globular cluster of the outer halo in the constellation Horologium, about 400,000 light years away . The globular cluster was first cataloged by Holmberg in 1975 as part of the ESO / Uppsala Survey ; Shortly afterwards, Lauberts reported on the extraordinary distance. Its name in use today goes back to a later study by Arp and Madore.

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  1. a b c simbad
  2. ^ A b Aaron Dotter, Ata Sarajedini, Soung-Chul Yang: Globular Clusters in the Outer Galactic Halo: AM-1 and Palomar 14 , arxiv : 0807.1103 .
  3. Jump up ↑ Barry F. Madore, Wendy L. Freedman: Photographic, Near-Infrared, and CCD Photometry of the Distant Globular Cluster AM-1 . In: Astrophysical Journal . tape 340 , May 1989, pp. 812-822 , doi : 10.1086 / 167438 , bibcode : 1989ApJ ... 340..812M .
  4. Holmberg, EB, Lauberts, A., Schuster, H.-E., West, RM: The ESO / Uppsala survey of the ESO / B / Atlas of the southern sky. III , bibcode : 1975A & AS ... 22..327H
  5. Lauberts, A .: Three distant stellar clusters found on ESO blue survey plates. , bibcode : 1976A & A .... 52..309L
  6. Madore, BF; Arp, HC: Three new faint star clusters , bibcode : 1979ApJ ... 227L.103M