NGC 104

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Globular_Clusters
gptkbp:age ~13 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 3.9
gptkbp:area about 4.5 arcminutes
about 2.5 arcminutes
gptkbp:contains gptkb:launch_complex
gptkb:battle
millions of stars
GCII
gptkbp:declination -72° 4' 52''
gptkbp:depicted_in naked eye
southern hemisphere
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:James_Dunlop
gptkbp:distance 13,000 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_ability 1.5
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.90
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 104
gptkbp:is_associated_with dark matter halo
gptkbp:is_considered_as one of the best globular clusters
gptkbp:is_home_to blue straggler stars
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:47_Tucanae
its high density of stars
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:the_Small_Magellanic_Cloud
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Tucana_constellation
Milky Way halo
gptkbp:is_studied_in stellar dynamics
gptkbp:is_used_in stellar evolution studies
gptkbp:lighting ~13.5 mag/arcsec²
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way
Galactic coordinates (l, b) = (305.0°, -47.0°)
gptkbp:mass ~4.5 x 10^5 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -0.76
gptkbp:research gptkb:stock_market_index
gptkbp:right_ascension 00h 24m 5.5s
gptkbp:set_in the NGC catalog
gptkbp:targets astrophysical research
gptkbp:type Type II globular cluster
gptkbp:year_created 1826