Hercules cluster

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 11.8 billion years
gptkbp:contains hundreds of thousands of stars
gptkbp:depicted_in northern hemisphere
gptkbp:diameter approximately 145 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance approximately 25,000 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:M13
gptkbp:first_appearance 1779
gptkbp:has variable stars
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hercules cluster
gptkbp:is_observed_in amateur astronomers
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkbp:lighting magnitude 5.8
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Hercules_constellation
declination +36° 27′ 36″
right ascension 16h 41m 41.35s
gptkbp:notable_for being one of the brightest globular clusters
gptkbp:type gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hercules-Pegasus_supercluster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4