Djorgovski 1
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Globular cluster Djorgovski 1 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 47 m 28 s |
| declination | -33 ° 03 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 15.9 ' |
| Physical data | |
| distance | 39.1 kLj |
| history | |
| discovery | Stanislav George Djorgovski |
| Discovery date | 1986 |
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Djorgovski 1 ( Djorg 1 ) is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpio , which is about 39,100 light years from the Sun and 13,400 light years from the Galactic Center .
It has the lowest metallicity of all known star clusters in the inner region of the Milky Way and, according to astronomers, was formed in the early phase of our galaxy.
The object was discovered in 1986 by the astronomer Stanislav George Djorgovski in an image taken by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) . Together with Djorgovski 1, the globular cluster Djorgovski 2 was also discovered on the IRAS images.
Web links
- astronews.de: Picture of the day June 29, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ teleskopy.net : Wtapiając się w gwiezdny tłum , accessed on October 15, 2017