NGC 5904

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NGC_5904

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age	~13 billion years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Messier_5
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude	5.6
gptkbp:CaldwellNumber	C39
gptkbp:catalogue	gptkb:Caldwell_Catalogue gptkb:Messier_Catalogue gptkb:NGC_Catalogue
gptkbp:constellation	gptkb:Serpens
gptkbp:coreRadius	0.85 arcmin
gptkbp:declination	+02° 04′ 51.7″
gptkbp:diameter	~80 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Gottfried_Kirch
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1702
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth	24,500 light-years
gptkbp:epoch	gptkb:J2000
gptkbp:galacticLatitude	l = 3.86°, b = +46.80°
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:mass	~500,000 solar masses
gptkbp:MessierNumber	M5
gptkbp:metallicity	[Fe/H] = –1.29
gptkbp:notableFeature	contains many variable stars contains millisecond pulsars contains several blue straggler stars
gptkbp:observedBy	gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:rating	~100,000
gptkbp:rightAscension	15h 18m 33.22s
gptkbp:tidalRadius	21.5 arcmin
gptkbp:visualSize	23.0 arcmin
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	NGC 5904