HR 6397

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age 13.4 billion years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:NGC_6397
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 5.73
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Caldwell_86
gptkb:GCl_77
Dunlop 538
Lacaille I.7
Melotte 262
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Ara
gptkbp:coreCollapseStatus core-collapsed
gptkbp:declination -53° 40′ 27.6″
gptkbp:diameter 34 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1751
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 7,800 light-years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HR 6397
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:mass 400,000 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] = -2.02
gptkbp:notableFor contains many white dwarfs
one of the closest globular clusters to Earth
used to study stellar evolution
gptkbp:rightAscension 17h 40m 42.09s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:V824_Arae
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7