NGC 5897

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bootes
gptkbp:age approximately 13 billion years
approximately 12 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 9.5
approximately 9.5
gptkbp:contains gptkb:battle
red giant stars
blue straggler stars
horizontal branch stars
gptkbp:coordinates RA 15h 15m 12s, Dec -24° 59' 00"
gptkbp:declination -24° 59′ 00″
-24° 59' 00"
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
southern hemisphere
gptkbp:diameter approximately 100 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance approximately 40,000 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.95
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 5897
gptkbp:is_associated_with galactic structure studies
stellar population studies
dark matter studies
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:NGC_5894
gptkb:NGC_5904
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths
X-ray wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Galactic_Halo
gptkb:Local_Group
gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:spacecraft
galactic dynamics
stellar evolution
stellar populations
gptkbp:is_used_in astrophysics research
gptkbp:lighting moderately bright
approximately 13.5 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:located_in constellation Libra
gptkbp:mass approximately 200,000 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -0.83
gptkbp:notable_for its rich population of stars
its globular cluster characteristics
its low metallicity
its distance from Earth
its old age
gptkbp:population high
gptkbp:right_ascension 15h 15m 12s
gptkbp:scientific_classification gptkb:star
gptkbp:size approximately 10 arcminutes in diameter
gptkbp:type gptkb:Population_II_cluster
gptkb:star
gptkbp:year_created 1784
1786