Messier 14

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 13 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 8.5
-10.5
gptkbp:contains_rr_lyrae_stars yes
gptkbp:contains_rrlyrae_stars yes
gptkbp:contains_star approximately 100,000
yes
gptkbp:coordinates (l = 6.5°, b = -22.0°)
l = 6.0°, b = -25.0°
gptkbp:declination -03° 15′ 00″
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:discovery_year gptkb:1764
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 30,000 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_Catalog
New General Catalogue as NGC 6402
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.95
gptkbp:has_radius approximately 75 light years
gptkbp:has_spectral_type gptkb:G
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 14
gptkbp:image 1890s
gptkbp:is_located_at right ascension 17h 37m, declination -3° 15′.
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Earth
best viewed in summer months
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:NGC_6402
gptkbp:lighting moderately bright
gptkbp:located_in constellation Ophiuchus
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -0.83
[ Fe/ H] = -0.76
gptkbp:notable_features high concentration of stars
gptkbp:research included in the Messier catalog
gptkbp:right_ascension 17h 37m 00s
gptkbp:similar_objects gptkb:M13
gptkbp:size approximately 100 light years in diameter
gptkbp:type gptkb:Population_II_star_cluster
gptkb:II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M14
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6