Key facts
- Class
- VIII
- Constellation
- Lupus
- Right ascension
- 15 28 00.69
- Declination
- −50 ° 40 ′ 22.9 ″
- Distance
- 25.1 kly , (7.7 kpc )
- Radius
- 6.0' x 6.0'
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = −0.49 dex
- Other designations
- GCl 35, GCRV 5278 E, VDBH 173
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Wikidata facts
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- metallicity
- -0.64
- Commons category
- NGC 5927
- discoverer or inventor
- James Dunlop
- catalog code
- C 1524-505
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-05-08
- apparent magnitude
- 6.521
- right ascension
- 232.002875
- declination
- -50.673028
- epoch
- J2000.0
- radial velocity
- -100.5
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -5.720
- declination component of proper motion
- -2.6100
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 5927 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lupus. NGC 5927 has a diameter of about 12 arcminutes and an apparent magnitude of +8.86. Its Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class is VIII, and it contains stars of magnitude 15 and dimmer.
The globular cluster was discovered by the astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 and was also observed in 1834 by John Herschel.
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