Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:star
|
| gptkbp:age |
approximately 12 billion years
|
| gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
approximately 9.5
|
| gptkbp:contains |
hundreds of thousands of stars
|
| gptkbp:contains_star |
hundreds of thousands of stars
contains RR Lyrae variables |
| gptkbp:declination |
+35° 43′ 00″
-13° 02′ 00″ |
| gptkbp:diameter |
approximately 100 light years
|
| gptkbp:discovered_by |
gptkb:Pierre_Méchain
Philippe Loys de Chéseaux |
| gptkbp:discovery_year |
1781
|
| gptkbp:distance_from_earth |
approximately 20,000 light years
|
| gptkbp:exhibition |
gptkb:Messier_catalog
|
| gptkbp:has_color |
B-V = 0.95
|
| gptkbp:has_radius |
approximately 80 light years
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Messier 107
|
| gptkbp:is_located_at |
Galactic coordinates (l, b) = (30.5°, -5.5°)
Galactic coordinates (l, b) = (6.5°, -25.0°) |
| gptkbp:is_located_near |
the Galactic Center
|
| gptkbp:is_notable_for |
its dense core
|
| gptkbp:is_observed_in |
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
infrared wavelengths |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
the Milky Way halo |
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
stellar dynamics
|
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
stellar population studies
|
| gptkbp:is_visible_from |
Earth with binoculars
|
| gptkbp:known_as |
gptkb:NGC_6171
|
| gptkbp:located_in |
constellation Ophiuchus
|
| gptkbp:mass |
approximately 1.5 million solar masses
|
| gptkbp:metallicity |
[ Fe/ H] = -0.91
[ Fe/ H] = -0.88 |
| gptkbp:population_density |
high star density
|
| gptkbp:right_ascension |
16h 32m 24s
|
| gptkbp:scientific_classification |
a globular cluster in the Messier series
|
| gptkbp:type |
Type II globular cluster
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Messier_catalog
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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