NGC 6715

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NGC 6715 is a massive globular star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, notable for being one of the first globular clusters discovered beyond the Milky Way, in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6715 canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf globular star cluster ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −10.0 ⓘ
age about 12 billion years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M54 ⓘ
Messier 54 ⓘ
angularSize 9.1 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 7.6 ⓘ
belongsTo Milky Way halo system ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy globular cluster system ⓘ
catalogCode NGC 6715 ⓘ
cataloguedIn Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
concentrationClass V ⓘ
coreCollapsed false ⓘ
declination −30° 28′ 42″ ⓘ
discoveredAs nebula without stars (in early observations) ⓘ
discoveredBy Charles Messier ⓘ
discoveryDate 1778 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 26.5 kiloparsecs ⓘ
about 87,000 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromGalacticCenter about 18.9 kiloparsecs ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
galacticLatitude −14.1 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude 5.6 degrees ⓘ
galacticPopulation Population II stars ⓘ
halfLightRadius about 0.82 arcminutes ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation multiple stellar populations ⓘ
hasTidalInteractionWith Milky Way ⓘ
hostGalaxy Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
isIncludedIn Harris catalogue of globular clusters ⓘ
isPartOf Local Group ⓘ
locatedIn Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
mass about 2 million solar masses ⓘ
metallicityFeH about −1.5 ⓘ
notableFor association with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
being one of the first globular clusters recognized as lying beyond the Milky Way ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radialVelocity about 142 km/s ⓘ
rightAscension 18h 55m 03.3s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Messier 54 → alsoKnownAs → NGC 6715 ⓘ
Messier 54 → catalogNumber → NGC 6715 ⓘ
M54 → alsoKnownAs → NGC 6715 ⓘ
NGC 6715 → catalogCode → NGC 6715 ⓘ