NGC 6144
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Globular cluster NGC 6144 |
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| Image of the Hubble Space Telescope of the globular cluster NGC 6144 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ a b SEDS : NGC 6144
- ↑ https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=5660
- ↑ Seligman