M15

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 12 billion years
approximately 13.2 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 6.2
gptkbp:contains millisecond pulsars
millions of stars
gptkbp:contains_star yes
gptkbp:core_radius 0.5 arcminutes
gptkbp:declination +12° 10′ 01″
gptkbp:diameter approximately 220 light years
175 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Jean-Dominique_Maraldi
gptkbp:discovery_year 1746
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 33,600 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:first_appearance 1746
gptkbp:first_globular_cluster to be identified as such
gptkbp:has_black_holes yes
gptkbp:has_spectral_type gptkb:G
various
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M15
gptkbp:is_associated_with the Milky Way's globular cluster population
gptkbp:is_considered one of the oldest globular clusters
gptkbp:is_home_to many blue stragglers
gptkbp:is_located_at gptkb:Galactic_Halo
gptkbp:is_notable_for its dense core
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
various telescopes
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
Hubble Space Telescope observations
gptkbp:is_popular_in amateur astronomy
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkb:sunglasses
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:NGC_7078
gptkbp:located_in constellation Pegasus
gptkbp:mass approximately 100,000 stars
approximately 400,000 solar masses
approximately 500,000 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -2.17
gptkbp:notable_feature contains a planetary nebula
gptkbp:orbit_type yes
gptkbp:right_ascension 21h 29m 58.6s
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:star
gptkbp:type gptkb:star
Population I globular cluster
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pegasus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4