Messier 71
Globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta
Also known as M71
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38 statements · 82% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 71 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 6838 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- CSI+18-19515 catalog: Catalog of Stellar Identifications
1
- GCRV 12241 catalog: General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities
1
- GCl 115 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 409 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 226 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 1951+186 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
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- [KPS2012] MWSC 3200 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
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- M 71 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- 1745
- Distance from Earth
- 0.004 Mpc
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.1 astronomical filter: V band
2
Sources- 1.Stated in A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
- 2.Stated in SIMBAD
- 7.91 astronomical filter: B band
1
- 4.78 astronomical filter: K band
- 7.973 astronomical filter: g' band
- 6.1 astronomical filter: V band
- Radius
- 14 ly
- Radial velocity
- -16.9 kilometre per second
- Absolute magnitude
- -5.61
- Spectral class
- X-XI
- Right ascension
- 298.4437 degree
- Declination
- 18.7792 degree
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.16 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -3.93 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 71 across the web's reference databases