Messier 79
Globular cluster in the constellation Lepus
Also known as M79 · New General Catalogue 1904
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Overview
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48 statements · 94% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Discovered
- October 26, 1780
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- October 26, 1780
- Catalog code
- HD 35512 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
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- NGC 1904 catalog: New General Catalogue
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- M 79 catalog: Messier object
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- CD-24 3058 catalog: Cordoba Durchmusterung
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- CPD-24 931 catalog: Cape Photographic Durchmusterung
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- GCRV 3251 catalog: General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities
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- Melotte 34 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 0522-245 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
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- GCl 10 catalog: Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements
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- [KPS2012] MWSC 0528 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
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- HD 35512 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
- Distance from Earth
- 0.013 Mpc
- Radial velocity
- 205.78 kilometre per second
- Radius
- 59 ly
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- 59 ly
- Right ascension
- 81.0441 degree
- Declination
- -24.5243 degree
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.2 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- 1.13 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 79 across the web's reference databases