M68

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Crater
gptkbp:age ~13 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 9.5
distinctive features
gptkbp:area ~2.5 arcminutes
~4.5 arcminutes
gptkbp:armament machine guns
gptkbp:armor steel armor
gptkbp:associated_with constellation Hydra
gptkbp:body_style spherical
gptkbp:color yellowish-white
gptkbp:composed_of low metallicity
gptkbp:contains gptkb:battle
low
millions of stars
type II
gptkbp:coordinates l = 240°, b = -30°
RA 12h 38m 27s, Dec -26° 45′ 0″
gptkbp:crew 2
gptkbp:declination -26° 45′ 0″
gptkbp:depicted_in best viewed in March
gptkbp:deployment various conflicts
gptkbp:diameter ~20 arcminutes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance 33,000 light years
~15.5 mag
gptkbp:engine_type gptkb:engine
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_Catalogue
NGC 4590
gptkbp:frequency 1960s to present
gptkbp:has_color B-V ~ 0.9
gptkbp:has_expansion relaxed cluster
gptkbp:has_luminosity flat at low luminosities
gptkbp:has_method core collapse phase
gptkbp:has_spectral_type various
gptkbp:has_team dynamically relaxed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M68
gptkbp:is_observed_in Hubble Space Telescope images
gptkbp:is_surrounded_by M67, NGC 362
gptkbp:lighting ~13.5 mag/arcsec²
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:General_Motors
gptkbp:mass old stars
Salpeter-like
~200,000 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity -1.9
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:RR_Lyrae_variables
gptkbp:orbital_period elliptical
~200 million years
gptkbp:origin gptkb:United_States
stable for billions of years
gptkbp:propulsion minimal
gptkbp:range 500 km
gptkbp:research high stellar density
gptkbp:research_focus study of stellar evolution
gptkbp:right_ascension 12h 38m 27s
gptkbp:seating_capacity up to 10
gptkbp:speed up to 40 km/h
-200 km/s
gptkbp:successor gptkb:M113
gptkbp:suspension torsion bar
gptkbp:type gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Population_II_star_cluster
gptkb:star
gptkbp:type_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:universe gptkb:battle
gptkbp:weight approximately 12 tons
gptkbp:year_created gptkb:1780