Messier 19

E482188

Messier 19 is a highly elongated globular star cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus, notable for being one of the most oblate known globular clusters in the Milky Way.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Messier 19 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
NGC object ⓘ
astronomical object ⓘ
globular star cluster ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −9.2 (approx) ⓘ
angularSize 17 arcminutes (approx) ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 6.8 ⓘ
belongsTo Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogCode GCl 45 ⓘ
M19 ⓘ
Messier 19 ⓘ
NGC 6273 ⓘ
coreRadius about 0.7 arcminutes ⓘ
declination −26° 16′ (approx) ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles Messier ⓘ
discoveryDate 1764 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth 28000 light-years (approx) ⓘ
distanceFromGalacticCenter 6500 light-years (approx) ⓘ
ellipticity high compared to typical globular clusters ⓘ
galacticLatitude +6.0° (approx) ⓘ
galacticLongitude +356.9° (approx) ⓘ
halfLightRadius about 1.3 arcminutes ⓘ
hasShape elliptical ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation Population II stars ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
isAffectedBy interstellar extinction ⓘ
isHighlyElongated true ⓘ
isIncludedIn Harris catalogue of globular clusters ⓘ
isLocatedNear Galactic center ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center
isOblate true ⓘ
isObservedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
isOneOfMostOblateGlobularClustersIn Milky Way ⓘ
isPartOf Milky Way globular cluster system ⓘ
isRichIn old, metal-poor stars ⓘ
isVisibleFromEarthWith binoculars under dark skies ⓘ
locatedIn Galactic bulge region ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center

Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Ophiuchus ⓘ
mass about 1.1×10^6 solar masses ⓘ
metallicityFeH −1.5 (approx) ⓘ
rightAscension 17h 02m (approx) ⓘ
showsDifferentialReddening true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ophiuchus → containsDeepSkyObject → Messier 19 ⓘ
Messier 19 → catalogCode → Messier 19 ⓘ
Ophiuchus → containsDeepSkyObject → Messier 19 ⓘ
subject linked to: Oph