NGC 6229

E925812

NGC 6229 is a remote globular star cluster located in the constellation Hercules.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6229 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf globular cluster ⓘ
star cluster ⓘ
age ~12 billion years ⓘ
angularSize 4.5 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 9.4 ⓘ
belongsTo Local Group ⓘ
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason Northern summer ⓘ
catalog C 1645+476 ⓘ
GCl 41 ⓘ
NGC ⓘ
concentrationClass V ⓘ
constellation Hercules ⓘ
coreRadius 0.13 arcminutes ⓘ
declination +47° 31′ 40″ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1787-01-12 ⓘ
discoveryInstrument reflecting telescope ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~100000 light-years ⓘ
~30 kiloparsecs ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
galacticLatitude +40.31° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 73.64° ⓘ
halfLightRadius 0.47 arcminutes ⓘ
hasBlueStragglerStars true ⓘ
hasHorizontalBranch true ⓘ
hasMorphology spherical ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation old stars ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundSystem true ⓘ
isPartOf New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
Milky Way halo ⓘ
metallicity[Fe/H] -1.43 ⓘ
metallicityClass metal-poor ⓘ
observedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
rightAscension 16h 46m 58.8s ⓘ
shapleySawyerConcentrationClass V ⓘ
visibleWith small telescope ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hercules → contains → NGC 6229 ⓘ
NGC 6229 → catalogCode → NGC 6229 ⓘ
subject linked to: globular cluster NGC 6229