NGC 6441

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Globular cluster
NGC 6441
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Scorpio
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 50 m 12.8 s
declination -37 ° 03 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Concentration class III
Brightness  (visual) 7.2 likes
Angular expansion 9.6 '
Physical data
Radial velocity 16.4 km / s
distance 88.8  kLj
history
discovery James Dunlop
Discovery date May 13, 1826
Catalog names
 NGC  6441 • C C 1746-370 •  GCl  78 •  ESO  393-SC34 •  Dun  557 •  GC  4332 • Bennett 99, h 3705

NGC 6441 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpio .

It was discovered by James Dunlop on May 13, 1826 .

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 6441
  4. SIMBAD
  5. Seligman