NGC 6441
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ngc-6441-181-14618096
title:
NGC 6441
text:
NGC 6441, sometimes also known as the Silver Nugget Cluster, is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on May 13, 1826, who described it as "a small, well-defined rather bright nebula, about 20″ in diameter". The cluster is located 5 arc minutes east-northeast of the star G Scorpii, and is some 43,000 light-years from the Sun. This is one of the most massive and luminous globular clusters in the Milky Way, with an e
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Globular cluster in Scorpius
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6441
date created:
2015-12-14T20:23:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:51:00Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/NGC_6441_HST_10775_R814B606.png","width":3600,"height":4200}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16