NGC 6760
| NGC6760 | |
|---|---|
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| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Class | IX:[1] |
| Constellation | Aquila |
| Right ascension | 19h11m12.1s[2] |
| Declination | +01° 01′ 49.7″[2] |
| Distance | 24.1kly(7.4kpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 9.0 |
| Apparent dimensions(V) | 9.6' |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 3.57×105[4]M☉ |
| Metallicity | = –0.40[4]dex |
| Other designations | C 1908+009,GCl109 |
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NGC 6760is aglobular cluster[2]in theconstellationAquila.It may have contributed to the formation of the open clusterRuprecht 127during NGC 6760's passage through the galactic disk 71 million years ago.[5]
At least twomillisecond pulsarshave been found in NGC 6760.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen B. (August 1927), "A Classification of Globular Clusters",Harvard College Observatory Bulletin,849(849): 11–14,Bibcode:1927BHarO.849...11S.
- ^abc"SIMBAD Astronomical Database".Results for NGC 6760.Retrieved2007-04-21.
- ^Hessels, J. W. T.; et al. (November 2007), "A 1.4 GHz Arecibo Survey for Pulsars in Globular Clusters",The Astrophysical Journal,670(1): 363–378,arXiv:0707.1602,Bibcode:2007ApJ...670..363H,doi:10.1086/521780,S2CID16914232.
- ^abBoyles, J.; et al. (November 2011), "Young Radio Pulsars in Galactic Globular Clusters",The Astrophysical Journal,742(1): 51,arXiv:1108.4402,Bibcode:2011ApJ...742...51B,doi:10.1088/0004-637X/742/1/51,S2CID118649860.
- ^Bajkova, A. T.; Bobylev, V. V. (2019), "Search for the evolutionary relationship between Galactic globular and open clusters using data from the Gaia DR2 catalogue",Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,488(3): 3474–3481,arXiv:1907.10939,doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2061
- ^Freire, Paulo C. C.; Hessels, Jason W. T.; Nice, David J.; Ransom, Scott M.; Lorimer, Duncan R.; Stairs, Ingrid H. (2005-03-10)."The Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6760".The Astrophysical Journal.621(2): 959–965.arXiv:astro-ph/0411160.Bibcode:2005ApJ...621..959F.doi:10.1086/427748.ISSN0004-637X.S2CID119342837.
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