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Vinony's link graph records 369 inbound references to Q1048036, and connects out to list of stars in Puppis, Puppis and Tarantula Nebula.
Vinony files it under Globular clusters, NGC objects and Puppis.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Class
- VI
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Right ascension
- 06 48 59.4
- Declination
- −36 ° 00 ′ 19 ″
- Distance
- 34.9 kly (10.7 kpc)
- Absolute magnitude
- −5.85
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = −1.76 ± 0.14 dex
- Estimated age
- 13.2 ± 0.4 Gyr
- Other designations
- Melotte 53
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 34600
- Image
- NGC 2298.jpg
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- catalog code
- Melotte 53
- Commons category
- NGC 2298
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-05-08
- absolute magnitude
- -6.25
- apparent magnitude
- 8.865
- right ascension
- 102.247542
- declination
- -36.005306
- radial velocity
- 148.9
- metallicity
- -1.97
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 4.050
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.7200
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 2298 is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Puppis. Discovered by James Dunlop on May 30, 1826, it is probably a former member of the disputed Canis Major Dwarf galaxy.
The cluster is being disrupted by the galactic tide, trailing a long tidal tail.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1048036” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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