GCl 104

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GCl 104 is the catalog designation for Messier 70, a dense globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
GCl 104 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf globular star cluster ⓘ
age on the order of 10 billion years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M70 ⓘ
Messier 70 ⓘ
NGC 6681 ⓘ
angularSize about 7.8 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 7.9 ⓘ
belongsTo Local Group ⓘ
bestSeenIn summer ⓘ
catalog GCl catalogue ⓘ
Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogDesignation GCl 104 ⓘ
M70 ⓘ
Messier 70 ⓘ
NGC 6681 ⓘ
clusterConcentration high ⓘ
clusterType Class V globular cluster ⓘ
containsObjectType old stars ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ
coreCollapseStatus core-collapsed ⓘ
declination -32° 17′ 31″ ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles Messier ⓘ
discoveryYear 1780 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 29,300 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromSun approximately 8,800 parsecs ⓘ
galacticLatitude about -12.9 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 3.2 degrees ⓘ
hasCentralConcentration strong ⓘ
hasColorIndexBminusV about 0.7 ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
isDense true ⓘ
locatedIn Galactic bulge ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center

Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
locatedNear Galactic center ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center
messierNumber 70 ⓘ
metallicityFeH about -1.6 ⓘ
ngcNumber 6681 ⓘ
objectType deep-sky object ⓘ
observedInWavelength infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 43m 12s ⓘ
skyLocationRegion toward the center of the Milky Way ⓘ
visibleFromHemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
low-latitude Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Messier 70 → catalogCode → GCl 104 ⓘ
GCl 104 → catalogDesignation → GCl 104 ⓘ