NGC 6101

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Globular cluster
NGC 6101
NGC 6101.jpg
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Bird of paradise
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 25 m 48.6 s
declination -72 ° 12 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Concentration class X
Brightness  (visual) 9.2 likes
Angular expansion 5.0 ′
Physical data
Redshift (1205 ± 6)  ·  10 −6
Radial velocity (+361.0 ± 1.9) km / s
distance 49.9  kLj
history
discovery James Dunlop
Discovery date June 1, 1826
Catalog names
 NGC  6101 • C 1620-720 •  GCl  40 •  ESO  69-SC4 •  GC  4175 • Bennett 74, Caldwell 107, h 3623

NGC 6101 is the name of a globular cluster in the constellation Apus . It has an apparent magnitude of 9.2 mag and an angular diameter of 5  arc minutes .

Due to its southern position, it cannot be observed from Europe.

The property was built on June 1, 1826 by James Dunlop .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. ↑ Harlow Shapley, Helen B. Sawyer: A Classification of Globular Clusters . In: Harvard College Observatory Bulletin . tape 849 , 1927, pp. 11-14 , bibcode : 1927BHarO.849 ... 11S .
  3. ↑ a b SEDS : NGC 6101
  4. ↑ SIMBAD query
  5. ↑ Seligman