Statements (96)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:star
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Core_Set_2002
gptkb:Core_Set_2003 gptkb:Demonic_Tutor gptkb:Akroma,_Angel_of_Wrath gptkb:Core_Set_2010 gptkb:Berlin_tramway_network gptkb:Vampiric_Tutor |
| gptkbp:age |
approximately 11 billion years
approximately 11.4 billion years |
| gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
6.1
|
| gptkbp:contains |
variable stars
hundreds of thousands of stars several hundred thousand stars |
| gptkbp:declination |
-4° 1' 0"
|
| gptkbp:depicted_in |
gptkb:physicist
the southern hemisphere |
| gptkbp:designated_as |
gptkb:Messier_10
|
| gptkbp:discovered_by |
gptkb:William_Herschel
|
| gptkbp:distance |
approximately 5,000 light years
approximately 14,300 light years |
| gptkbp:examines |
dark matter presence
|
| gptkbp:exhibition |
various astronomical databases
|
| gptkbp:has |
variable stars
a core radius of about 2.5 arcminutes a half-light radius of about 4.5 arcminutes a tidal radius of about 20 arcminutes metallicity of -0.76 dex a concentration class of 2 a visual diameter of about 100 light years |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
M10
|
| gptkbp:includes |
gptkb:Messier_catalog
|
| gptkbp:ingredients |
blue straggler stars
|
| gptkbp:is |
often studied in astrophysics
part of the Milky Way galaxy a target for amateur astronomers a source of X-ray binaries a subject of spectroscopic studies visible to the naked eye under dark skies a subject of photometric studies a location for studying stellar dynamics a site of stellar collisions part of the Milky Way halo a part of the Galactic globular cluster system one of the brightest globular clusters in the sky a target for future astronomical surveys a site for studying the chemical evolution of the Milky Way a subject of theoretical models of globular clusters a candidate for studying stellar evolution a location for globular cluster formation studies a location for studying the evolution of stars a member of the Ophiuchus constellation group a potential host for intermediate-mass black holes a potential site for dark matter studies a site for studying the formation of stars a subject of Hubble Space Telescope observations often compared with other globular clusters |
| gptkbp:is_analyzed_in |
stellar dynamics
|
| gptkbp:is_associated_with |
the Galactic Halo
the Galactic bulge |
| gptkbp:is_considered |
a popular target for amateur astronomers
a benchmark for globular clusters |
| gptkbp:is_described_as |
astronomical literature
|
| gptkbp:is_home_to |
RR Lyrae variable stars
|
| gptkbp:is_known_for |
its bright core
its high stellar density. |
| gptkbp:is_located_near |
the center of the Milky Way
|
| gptkbp:is_noted_for |
its historical significance in astronomy
its high concentration of stars its rich star field |
| gptkbp:is_observed_in |
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths star parties ground-based telescopes |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
the Local Group of galaxies the Milky Way's globular cluster system the Milky Way's globular cluster population the Ophiuchus constellation group the Milky Way's halo population |
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
gptkb:observatory
stellar evolution its chemical composition its stellar density profile |
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
stellar population studies
|
| gptkbp:located_in |
constellation Ophiuchus
galactic coordinates l= 6.5°, b= -20.0° |
| gptkbp:metallicity |
[ Fe/ H] = -1.3
|
| gptkbp:photography |
professional astronomers
|
| gptkbp:right_ascension |
16h 57m 9s
|
| gptkbp:scientific_classification |
a type II globular cluster
|
| gptkbp:type |
gptkb:star
Type II globular cluster |
| gptkbp:year_created |
gptkb:1764
1783 |