NGC 6681

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkb:open_cluster
gptkb:star
gptkbp:age approximately 1.5 billion years
approximately 12 billion years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude gptkb:12.5
12.0
11.8
gptkbp:base_notes best viewed with a telescope
gptkbp:contains hundreds of thousands of stars
gptkbp:declination -60° 57' 36"
-60° 51' 00''
-60° 58' 00"
gptkbp:diameter approximately 50,000 light-years
6.0 arcminutes
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:John_Herschel
gptkbp:discovery_year 1834
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 30 million light-years
approximately 30,000 light-years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_spectral_type Sbc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 6681
gptkbp:image Hubble Space Telescope image
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Sloan_Digital_Sky_Survey
gptkb:Palomar_Observatory
observed
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy
gptkbp:is_similar_to gptkb:NGC_6744
gptkb:NGC_6745
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Milky_Way
constellation Pavo
gptkbp:members NGC 6681 group
gptkbp:metallicity solar metallicity
[ Fe/ H] = -1.5
gptkbp:notable_feature gptkb:active_galactic_nucleus
star formation regions
spiral arms
bar structure
gptkbp:previous_name ESO 294-G 022
MCG -10-27-007
PGC 62356
gptkbp:redshift 0.0023
gptkbp:right_ascension 20h 44m 36s
18h 42m 36s
20h 44m 36.0s
gptkbp:size about 100 light-years in diameter
gptkbp:type gptkb:Population_II_star_cluster
barred spiral galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5