M28

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sagittarius
gptkb:Demonic_Tutor
gptkb:Vampiric_Tutor
gptkbp:age approximately 13 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 6.9
gptkbp:area about 4.5 arcminutes
about 2.5 arcminutes
gptkbp:contains gptkb:battle
millions of stars
type II
gptkbp:declination -24° 05′ 00″
gptkbp:depicted_in naked eye under dark skies
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:distance 17,500 light years
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.95
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M28
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:lighting about 13.5 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:located_in constellation Sagittarius
gptkbp:mass approximately 100,000 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -1.07
gptkbp:population high
gptkbp:right_ascension 18h 24m 30s
gptkbp:type gptkb:star
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:1764