NGC 6397

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 13 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude yes
6.0
gptkbp:contains_star yes
approximately 100,000 stars
gptkbp:coordinates l = 335.5°, b = -6.5°
gptkbp:declination -53° 40′ 00″
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:James_Dunlop
gptkbp:discovery_year 1826
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 7,800 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_black_holes possible presence
gptkbp:has_blue_stragglers yes
gptkbp:has_main_sequence_stars yes
gptkbp:has_neutron_stars yes
gptkbp:has_radius about 1.5 arcminutes
about 3.5 arcminutes
gptkbp:has_red_giant_stars yes
gptkbp:has_tidal_radius about 20 arcminutes
gptkbp:has_white_dwarfs yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 6397
gptkbp:is_associated_with other globular clusters
gptkbp:is_located_in constellation Ara
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths
X-ray wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Galactic_Halo
gptkb:Milky_Way_globular_cluster_system
gptkb:Galactic_bulge
gptkbp:is_studied_for chemical composition
binary star systems
stellar dynamics
stellar evolution
stellar populations
stellar evolution models
stellar interactions
stellar population synthesis
stellar kinematics
stellar mass function
dark matter presence
stellar age determination
mass segregation
stellar populations analysis
dynamics of star clusters
stellar luminosity function
stellar metallicity determination
gptkbp:is_used_in stellar astrophysics research
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:sunglasses
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:metallicity [ Fe/ H] = -0.5
gptkbp:notable_for being one of the closest globular clusters to Earth
gptkbp:population_density high
gptkbp:right_ascension 17h 40m 42.0s
gptkbp:type gptkb:Population_II_star_cluster
spherical cluster
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Globular_Clusters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5