M30
Also known as New General Catalogue 7099
ammasso globulare nella costellazione del Capricorno
AI overview
Messier 30 is a spherical collection of thousands of old stars located in the constellation Capricornus, held together by gravity. It is one of the notable deep-sky objects cataloged by astronomers and serves as an example of the ancient star clusters that orbit our galaxy.
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Key facts
- Class
- V
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Right ascension
- 21 40 22.12
- Declination
- –23 ° 10 ′ 47.5 ″
- Distance
- 27.14 ± 0.65 kly (8.3 ± 0.20 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 12'.0
- Mass
- 1.6 × 10 M ☉
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –2.27 dex
- Estimated age
- 12.93 Gyr
- Other designations
- M30, NGC 7099, GCl 122
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Messier 30 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
Sources (2)
Article · Italiano
M 30 (noto anche come Messier 30 o NGC 7099) è un ammasso globulare situato nella costellazione del Capricorno.
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