NGC 6656

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 12 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 5.1
yes
gptkbp:contains_star yes
approximately 100,000 stars
gptkbp:declination -23° 54′ 18″
gptkbp:diameter 80 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:discovery_year 1783
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 10,400 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:first_described_by Herschel's catalog
gptkbp:has_black_holes possible
gptkbp:has_blue_stragglers yes
gptkbp:has_globular_cluster_members yes
gptkbp:has_main_sequence_stars yes
gptkbp:has_neutron_stars yes
gptkbp:has_red_giants yes
gptkbp:has_supernova no
gptkbp:has_white_dwarfs yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 6656
gptkbp:included gptkb:NGC_2000.0
gptkbp:is_known_for its bright core
gptkbp:is_located_at galactic coordinates (0°, -23°)
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:Sagittarius_A*
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Galactic_bulge
Milky Way halo
gptkbp:is_popular_among amateur astronomers
gptkbp:is_studied_in stellar dynamics
gptkbp:is_used_in stellar evolution studies
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:Sagittarius_constellation
gptkb:Earth
gptkb:sunglasses
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:M_22
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:metallicity low metallicity
gptkbp:orbit_type no
gptkbp:photography gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:right_ascension 18h 36m 24s
gptkbp:type spherical cluster
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M22
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5