The globular star cluster Messier 107

The globular cluster Messier 107, also known as NGC 6171, is located about 21 000 light-years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Messier 107 is about 13 arcminutes across, which corresponds to about 80 light-years at its distance. As is typical of globular clusters, a population of thousands of old stars in Messier 107 is densely concentrated into a volume that is only about twenty times the distance between our Sun and its nearest stellar neighbour, Alpha Centauri, across. This image was created from exposures taken through blue, green and near-infrared filters, using the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile.

Herkunftsnachweis:

ESO/ESO Imaging Survey

Über das Bild

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Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:8. Dezember 2010 12:00
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Über das Objekt

Name:M 107
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Entfernung:20000 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Kategorie:Star Clusters

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):16 32 31.89
Position (Dec):-13° 3' 14.03"
Field of view:31.04 x 28.28 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 90.1° links zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
B
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
V
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infrarot
I
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI