NGC 3201
Globular cluster NGC 3201 |
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Image taken by the MPG / ESO 2.2 m telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Sails of the ship |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 17 m 36.7 s |
declination | -46 ° 24 ′ 40 ″ |
Appearance | |
Concentration class | X |
Brightness (visual) | 6.8 likes |
Angular expansion | 18.2 ′ |
Physical data | |
Integrated spectral type | F6 |
Redshift | 0.001649 ± 0.000001 |
Radial velocity | 494.0 ± 0.2 km / s |
history | |
discovery | James Dunlop |
Discovery date | May 1, 1826 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3201 • C 1015-461 • GCl 15 • ESO 263-SC26 • Dun 445 • GC 2068 • Bennett 44, Caldwell 79, Melotte 99, h 3238 |
NGC 3201 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sail of the Ship in the southern sky , about 16,000 light-years from the Sun and around 80 light-years across. NGC 3201 has a diameter of 18.2 ′ and an apparent magnitude of 6.8 mag. A team of researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics at the University of Göttingen came across a black hole of around 4.4 solar masses with the help of the precision spectrograph MUSE .
The object was discovered by James Dunlop on May 1, 1826 .
Web links
- Globular Cluster Database
- NGC 3201 Photometry Results
- Astronews.com: Picture of the day January 23, 2018