NGC 5694
Globular cluster NGC 5694 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Water snake |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 14 h 39 m 36.5 s |
declination | -26 ° 32 ′ 18 ″ |
Appearance | |
Concentration class | VII |
Brightness (visual) | 10.20 mag |
Angular expansion | 4.3 ' |
Physical data | |
distance | 113.2 kLj |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | May 22, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5694 • C 1436-263 • GCl 29 • ESO 512-SC010 • GC 3954 • H II 196, h 3576 |
NGC 5694 is a globular cluster in the constellation of Water Snake . It is possible that NGC 5694 is moving away from our Milky Way system. NGC 5694 has a magnitude of 10.2 mag and an angular diameter of 4.3 arc minutes . NGC 5694 is 113,200 light years away and was discovered by William Herschel on May 22, 1784 .
Web links
- Globular Cluster NGC 5694, class VII
- NGC 5694 -Escaping Globular from the Galaxy? Archived from the original on November 21, 2008 ; Retrieved December 18, 2013 .
literature
- R. Burnham Jr., Burham's Celestial Handbook, Dover Publications, New York, 1978, p. 1031
- W. Harris, J. Hesser, NGC 5694: A Globular Cluster Escaping from the Galaxy ?, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 88, 1976, pp. 377-379
- M. Hazen, A Search for Variable Stars in the Globular Clusters NGC 5694 and NGC 6558, Astronomical Journal, 111, no. 3, 1996, p. 1184
- P. Murdin, D. Allen, D. Malin, Catalog of the Universe, 1979, Book Club Associates, London, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-517-536161