the Great Hercules Cluster (M13)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:star
|
| gptkbp:age |
approximately 11.8 billion years
|
| gptkbp:apparent_magnitude |
5.8
|
| gptkbp:contains |
variable stars
red giants blue stragglers |
| gptkbp:contains_star |
approximately 300,000
|
| gptkbp:declination |
+36° 27′ 36″
|
| gptkbp:diameter |
approximately 145 light years
|
| gptkbp:discovered_by |
gptkb:Johann_Elert_Bode
|
| gptkbp:discovery_year |
gptkb:1764
|
| gptkbp:distance_from_earth |
approximately 25,000 light years
|
| gptkbp:exhibition |
gptkb:M13
gptkb:Messier_catalog |
| gptkbp:has |
high stellar density
|
| gptkbp:has_color |
0.9
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
the Great Hercules Cluster (M13)
|
| gptkbp:is_located_near |
the celestial equator
|
| gptkbp:is_noted_for |
its historical significance
its brightness its age its beauty in photographs its compactness its role in cosmology its location in the sky its observational challenges its star density its role in galactic dynamics its distance from Earth its role in the study of stellar evolution its role in understanding globular clusters its role in the study of galaxy formation its role in the study of the Milky Way's structure its role in stellar formation theories its role in studying stellar populations its role in the study of dark matter |
| gptkbp:is_observed_in |
amateur astronomers
telescopes |
| gptkbp:is_part_of |
gptkb:Hercules_constellation
gptkb:Milky_Way_galaxy |
| gptkbp:is_popular_among |
gptkb:astronomy
|
| gptkbp:is_studied_in |
gptkb:astronomy
|
| gptkbp:is_used_in |
stellar evolution studies
|
| gptkbp:is_visible_from |
gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
naked eye |
| gptkbp:known_as |
gptkb:NGC_6205
|
| gptkbp:located_in |
gptkb:Hercules_constellation
|
| gptkbp:right_ascension |
16h 41m 41.35s
|
| gptkbp:type |
spherical star cluster
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hercules_constellation
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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