NGC 6380 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Scorpius. It was originally discovered by James Dunlop in 1826, and he named it Dun 538. Eight years later, in 1834, it was independently rediscovered by John Herschel and he named it H 3688. The cluster was re-rediscovered in 1959 by Paris Pişmiş, who catalogued it as Tonantzintla 1 — and referred to it as Pişmiş 25. Until the 1950s NGC 6380 was thought to be an open cluster. It was A. D. Thackeray who realised that it was in fact a globular cluster. Nowadays, this cluster is reliably recognised in widely available catalogues as a globular cluster, and referred to simply as NGC 6380.[2]
6380, globular, cluster, located, constellation, scorpius, originally, discovered, james, dunlop, 1826, named, eight, years, later, 1834, independently, rediscovered, john, herschel, named, 3688, cluster, rediscovered, 1959, paris, pişmiş, catalogued, tonantzi. NGC 6380 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Scorpius It was originally discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and he named it Dun 538 Eight years later in 1834 it was independently rediscovered by John Herschel and he named it H 3688 The cluster was re rediscovered in 1959 by Paris Pismis who catalogued it as Tonantzintla 1 and referred to it as Pismis 25 Until the 1950s NGC 6380 was thought to be an open cluster It was A D Thackeray who realised that it was in fact a globular cluster Nowadays this cluster is reliably recognised in widely available catalogues as a globular cluster and referred to simply as NGC 6380 2 NGC 6380NGC 6380 as seen through the Hubble Space TelescopeObservation data J2000 epoch ConstellationScorpiusRight ascension17h 34m 28 00s 1 Declination 39 04 09 0 1 Distance35 500 ly 10 900 pc 2 Apparent magnitude V 11 31 3 Apparent dimensions V 12 1 12 1 2 Physical characteristicsMetallicity Fe H displaystyle begin smallmatrix left ce Fe ce H right end smallmatrix 0 75 3 dexOther designationsGCl 68 Tonantzintla 1 Pismis 25 1 See also Globular cluster List of globular clustersSee also editList of NGC objects 6001 7000 List of NGC objectsReferences edit a b c NGC 6380 SIMBAD Centre de donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg Retrieved 8 February 2017 a b c Hartmut Frommert NGC 6380 Hartmut Frommert SEDS SEDS Retrieved 8 February 2017 a b William E Harris Catalog of Parameters for Milky Way Globular Clusters Retrieved 3 February 2017 External links edit nbsp Media related to NGC 6380 at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This star cluster related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NGC 6380 amp oldid 1196858946, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
