NGC 6541

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Globular cluster
NGC 6541
High-resolution image of the globular cluster NGC 6541 using the Hubble space telescope.
High-resolution image of the globular cluster NGC 6541 using the Hubble space telescope .
AladinLite
Constellation Southern crown
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 08 m 02.3 s
declination -43 ° 42 ′ 57 ″
Appearance
Concentration class III
Brightness  (visual) 6.3 mag
Angular expansion 15.0 '
Physical data
Radial velocity -153.8 km / s
distance 22.8  kLj
history
discovery Niccolò Cacciatore
Discovery date March 19, 1826
Catalog names
 NGC  6541 • C 1804-437 •  GCl  86 •  ESO  280-SC4 •  Dun  473 •  GC  4372 • Bennett 104, Caldwell 78, h 3726

NGC 6541 is a globular cluster in the constellation of the Southern Crown .

The globular cluster NGC 6541 was discovered on March 19, 1826 by the astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore .

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 6541
  4. ↑ SIMBAD
  5. ↑ Seligman