Fornax 5
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Globular cluster Fornax 5 |
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| Image of the globular cluster Fornax 5 using the Hubble space telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Chemical furnace |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 02 h 42 m 21.111 s |
| declination | -34 ° 06 ′ 05.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Angular expansion | 0.380 / 0.289 |
| Physical data | |
| distance | 141.9 kLj |
| Age | 14 billion years |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| ESO 356-8 • For 5 | |
Fornax 5 is a globular cluster in the Fornax dwarf galaxy in the constellation Chemical Furnace (Fornax) . The star cluster was described in 1961 by Paul William Hodge , who recognized it on images from previous years with the ADH-Baker-Schmidt telescope with an aperture of 81 cm.
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- ↑ Simbad Fornax 5
- ↑ Claudia Greco, Gisella Clementini, Márcio Catelan, Enrico V. Held, Ennio Poretti, Marco Gullieuszik, Marcella Maio, Armin Rest, Nathan De Lee, Horace A. Smith, Barton J. Pritz: Variable Stars in the Fornax dSph Galaxy. III. The Globular Cluster Fornax 5 , bibcode : 2009ApJ ... 701.1323G
- ^ R. Buonanno, CE Corsi, R. Zinn, F. Fusi Pecci, E. Hardy, NB Suntze: The Ages of the Globular Clusters in the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy , bibcode : 1998ApJ ... 501L..33B
- ^ Paul William Hodge: The Fornax dwarf galaxy. I. The globular clusters. , bibcode : 1961AJ ..... 66 ... 83H