Statements (21)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:open_cluster
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gptkbp:age |
13.4 billion years
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gptkbp:alternativeName |
gptkb:Caldwell_86
gptkb:GCl_77 |
gptkbp:angularSize |
31.6 arcminutes
|
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude |
5.73
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gptkbp:catalogue |
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
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gptkbp:coreCollapseStatus |
core-collapsed
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gptkbp:declination |
-53° 40′ 27.6″
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gptkbp:discoveredBy |
gptkb:James_Dunlop
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gptkbp:discoveredIn |
1826
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gptkbp:distanceFromEarth |
7,800 light-years
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
NGC 6397
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:constellation_Ara
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gptkbp:mass |
~400,000 solar masses
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gptkbp:metallicity |
[Fe/H] = -2.02
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gptkbp:notableFor |
contains many white dwarfs
one of the closest globular clusters to Earth |
gptkbp:rightAscension |
17h 40m 42.09s
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:John_Herschel
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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