NGC 6496
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Globular cluster NGC 6496 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 59 m 03.7 s |
| declination | -44 ° 15 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | XII |
| Brightness (visual) | 8.6 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 9.96 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.6 ' |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Redshift | −0.000328 |
| Radial velocity | -98.4 km / s |
| distance | 36.8 kLj |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6496 • C 1755-442 • GCl 80 • ESO 279-SC13 • Dun 460 (?) • GC 4347 • | |
NGC 6496 is a metal-rich, galactic globular cluster in the constellation Scorpio on the ecliptic . It is estimated that 36,800 light years from the sun away and has an age of about 10.5 billion years ago. NGC 6496 is considered to be an extremely metal-rich star cluster.
The object was discovered in 1826 by astronomer James Dunlop using a 9-inch telescope.
Web links
Commons : NGC 6496 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
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 6496
- ↑ SIMBAD ( English ) Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ^ SEDS ( English ). Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ↑ astronews.com
- ↑ Seligman