NGC 5904

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/NGC_5904
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
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°
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 5904
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