IC 4725

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IC 4725 is an open star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, better known as Messier 25, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
IC 4725 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age ~90 million years ⓘ
angularSize 32 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentBrightness naked-eye visible in dark skies ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 4.6 ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth July ⓘ
catalogCode IC 4725 ⓘ
M 25 ⓘ
catalogNumberInMessier 25 ⓘ
contains dozens of member stars ⓘ
containsCepheidVariables true ⓘ
containsVariableStars true ⓘ
declination −19° 15′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
discoveryYear 1745 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~2000 light-years ⓘ
~600 parsecs ⓘ
galacticLatitude −5.71° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 13.94° ⓘ
hasAlternativeName M25 ⓘ
Messier 25 ⓘ
hasBrightestStarsMagnitude ~8 ⓘ
hasTrumplerClassification II,3,m ⓘ
includedInCatalog Index Catalogue ⓘ
Messier catalogue ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Sagittarius OB1 association ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
locatedNear Galactic center direction ⓘ
observedInWavelength optical ⓘ
partOf Sagittarius constellation region rich in star fields ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 31m ⓘ
visibleWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Messier 25 → otherName → IC 4725 ⓘ
M25 → catalogCode → IC 4725 ⓘ
IC 4725 → catalogCode → IC 4725 ⓘ