Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Omega_Centauri_(NGC_5139)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age about 12 billion years
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.7
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Caldwell_80
gptkb:NGC_5139
Melotte 126
gptkbp:contains variable stars
X-ray sources
millisecond pulsars
multiple stellar populations
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 Centauri (NGC 5139)
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Centaurus
gptkbp:mass about 4 million solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] ≈ −1.53
gptkbp:notableFor largest known globular cluster in the Milky Way
gptkbp:originatedIn remnant core of a dwarf galaxy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:possibleBlackHole intermediate-mass black hole (unconfirmed)
gptkbp:rating about 10 million
gptkbp:rightAscension 13h 26m 47.28s
gptkbp:shape elliptical
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Centaurus_constellation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7