NGC 6540
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ngc-6540-232-1628593
title:
NGC 6540
text:
NGC 6540 is a globular cluster of stars in the souther constellation Sagittarius, positioned about 4.66° away from the galactic center. It was discovered by German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel on May 24, 1784, with an 18.7-inch mirror telescope, who described the cluster as "pretty faint, not large, crookedly extended, easily resolvable". It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.3 with an angular diameter of about 9.5 arcminutes. The cluster is located at a distance of 12 kly (3.7 kpc) fr
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6540
date created:
2016-12-02T12:54:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T22:16:53Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1146373","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1146373"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/NGC6540_-_HST_-_Potw2233a.jpg","width":2896,"height":2589}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16