NGC 5694

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Globular cluster
NGC 5694
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Water snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

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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

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS : NGC 5694
  3. Seligman