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Messier 92 is a collection of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity, located in the constellation Hercules and visible through telescopes from Earth. It is one of the brightest examples of this type of stellar grouping, making it valuable for astronomers studying the formation and evolution of stars.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Messier 92 is referenced by 522 other articles, and connects out to New General Catalogue, list of NGC objects (6001–7000) and Hercules.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1777, Discoveries by Johann Elert Bode and Globular clusters.
Its subject is documented across 53 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Class
- IV
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Right ascension
- 17 17 07.39
- Declination
- +43 ° 08 ′ 09.4 ″
- Distance
- 26.7 × 10 ^ ly (8.2 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 14' arc minutes
- Mass
- 2.0 × 10 M ☉
- Radius
- 54 ly
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –2.32 dex
- Other designations
- M92, NGC 6341, GCl 59
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 0.008
- Radius
- 43
- Mass
- 200000
- Image
- Messier92 - SDSS DR14 (panorama).jpg
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- metallicity
- -2.35
- radial velocity
- -116.5
- declination
- 43.135944
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2557
- right ascension
- 259.280792
- apparent magnitude
- 4.36
- spectral class
- IV
- Commons category
- Messier 92
- Commons gallery
- Messier 92
- time of discovery or invention
- 1777-12-27
- absolute magnitude
- -8.2
- declination component of proper motion
- -2.12
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -6.61
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Encyclopedic overview
Messier 92 (also known as M92, M 92, or NGC 6341) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Hercules.
Discovery
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