Omega Cen

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age about 12 billion years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:NGC_5139
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.7
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Caldwell_80
gptkbp:contains several million stars
gptkbp:declination −47° 28′ 46.1″
gptkbp:diameter about 150 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Edmond_Halley
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1677
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 17,090 light-years
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Southern_Hemisphere
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Omega Cen
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Centaurus
gptkbp:mass about 4 million solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity varied, with multiple stellar populations
gptkbp:notableFor largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way
possible remnant core of a dwarf galaxy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:rightAscension 13h 26m 47.28s
gptkbp:shape elliptical
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scorpius–Centaurus_Association
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7