NGC 6791
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ngc-6791-263-10947238
title:
NGC 6791
text:
NGC 6791 is an open star cluster in the Lyra constellation. It was discovered by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke in 1853. At roughly 8 billion years old, and with an iron to hydrogen abundance ratio that is more than twice that of the Sun, it is one of the oldest and most metal-rich clusters in the Milky Way. This is contrary to the typical rule-of-thumb where older means more metal-poor. Compounded with the fact that it has an unusually high population of stars, NGC 6791 is among the most stu
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Open cluster in the constellation Lyra
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6791
date created:
date modified:
2023-05-14T12:31:48Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q933252","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q933252"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/NGC_6791_cluster.jpg","width":516,"height":516}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15