NGC 2808
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 2808 is referenced by 418 other articles, and connects out to Q1105445, epoch and Messier 47.
It is catalogued under topics including Canis Major Overdensity, Carina (constellation) and Globular clusters.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Class
- I
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 09 12 03.10
- Declination
- –64 ° 51 ′ 48.6 ″
- Distance
- 31.3 kly (9.6 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 13.8 ′
- Mass
- 1.42 × 10 M ☉
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –1.14 dex
- Estimated age
- 10.2 Gyr
- Other designations
- GCl 13, Melotte 95
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 0.010
- Image
- NGC 2808 HST.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 2808
- catalog code
- HD 79627
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-05-07
- radial velocity
- 102.79
- apparent magnitude
- 5.725
- declination
- -64.86250
- absolute magnitude
- -9.39
- metallicity
- -0.87
- right ascension
- 138.01542
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.580
- declination component of proper motion
- 2.0600
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2808 is a globular cluster in the constellation Carina. The cluster currently belongs to the Milky Way, although it was likely stolen from a dwarf galaxy that collided with the Milky Way. NGC 2808 is one of the Milky Way's most massive clusters, containing more than a million stars. It is estimated to be 12.5 billion years old.
The cluster is being disrupted by the galactic tide, trailing a long tidal tail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 2808” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.