NGC 288
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Globular cluster NGC 288 |
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| HST image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sculptor |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 00 h 52 m 47.4 s |
| declination | -26 ° 35 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | X |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.37 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10 likes |
| Angular expansion | 13 ′ |
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Color excess E (BV) (redness) |
0.012 |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Redshift | −0.000155 ± 0.000001 |
| Radial velocity | (−46.4 ± 0.4) km / s |
| distance | approx. 30,000 ly |
| Metallicity [Fe / H] | −1.24 |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 288 • C 0050-268 • GCl 2 • ESO 474-SC37 • Mel 3 • GC 162 • h 74 • h 2354 • H VI 20 | |
NGC 288 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It has an angular extent of 13 ′ and an apparent magnitude of 9.37 mag. Its distance from the sun is about 30,000 light years, its diameter about 120 light years.
The object was discovered on October 27, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 288 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Antilhue Chile
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b SEDS: NGC 288
- ↑ a b c SIMBAD query
- ↑ SuW 11.2016 p. 66f
- ↑ Seligman