M69

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M69 is a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius and listed in Charles Messier’s catalog of deep-sky objects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M69 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf globular star cluster ⓘ
age about 12 billion years ⓘ
angularSize about 9.8 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 7.7 ⓘ
belongsToCatalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
bestObservedIn July ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
catalogCode GCl 95 ⓘ
Messier 69 ⓘ
NGC 6637 ⓘ
contains old stars ⓘ
coreConcentration high ⓘ
coreRadius about 0.5 arcminutes ⓘ
declination −32° 21′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles Messier ⓘ
discoveredInCentury 18th century ⓘ
discoveryDate August 31, 1780 ⓘ
discoveryInstrument refracting telescope ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 29,000 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromGalacticCenter about 6,500 light-years ⓘ
galacticEnvironment inner Milky Way ⓘ
galacticLatitude low ⓘ
galacticPopulation Population II ⓘ
halfLightRadius about 1.7 arcminutes ⓘ
hasAlternativeName M 69 ⓘ
Messier 69 ⓘ
hasHigh interstellar extinction ⓘ
is dense globular cluster ⓘ
isPartOf Sagittarius constellation region ⓘ
linked to: Sagittarius
locatedIn Galactic bulge region ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center

Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
locatedNear M70 ⓘ
metallicity relatively high ⓘ
metallicityFeH about −0.6 ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Messier ⓘ
observedInWavelength infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 31m ⓘ
ShapleySawyerConcentrationClass V ⓘ
visibilityToNakedEye not visible ⓘ
visibleWith small telescope ⓘ

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