NGC 6144

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Globular cluster
NGC 6144
Image of the Hubble Space Telescope of the globular cluster NGC 6144
Image of the Hubble Space Telescope of the globular cluster NGC 6144
AladinLite
Constellation Scorpio
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 27 m 14.1 s
declination -26 ° 01 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Concentration class XI
Brightness  (visual) 9 likes
Angular expansion 7.4 '
Physical data
distance 27.7  kLj
(8.5  kpc ) 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date May 22, 1784
Catalog names
 NGC  6144 •  IC  4606 • C 1624-259 •  GCl  42 •  ESO  517-SC6 •  GC  4193 • Bennett 77, VI 10, h 3629

NGC 6144 = IC 4606 is a globular cluster of concentration class XI in the constellation Scorpio near Antares . It has a brightness of 9.0 mag and an angular expansion of 7.4 arc minutes .

The object was discovered on May 22, 1784 by William Herschel (listed as NGC). Rediscovered on September 8, 1887 by William Henry Finlay (listed as IC).

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Harlow Shapley, Helen B. Sawyer: A Classification of Globular Clusters . In: Harvard College Observatory Bulletin . tape 849 , 1927, pp. 11-14 , bibcode : 1927BHarO.849 ... 11S .
  3. a b SEDS : NGC 6144
  4. https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=5660
  5. Seligman