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Messier 107
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Globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus
Key facts
- Class
- X
- Right ascension
- 16 32 31.86
- Declination
- –13 ° 03 ′ 13.6 ″
- Distance
- 20.9 kly (6.4 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 10 ′
- Mass
- 1.82 × 10 M ☉
- Radius
- 30 ly
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –0.95 dex
- Estimated age
- 13.95 Gyr
- Other designations
- C 1629-129, GCl 44, M 107, NGC 6171
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 0.006
- Radius
- 40
- Image
- M107map.png
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1782-04-00
- Commons category
- Messier 107
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2422
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- Messier 107
- apparent magnitude
- 7.109
- spectral class
- X
- radial velocity
- -33.8
- absolute magnitude
- -7.08
- metallicity
- -1.06
- right ascension
- 248.132750
- declination
- -13.053778
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.43
- declination component of proper motion
- -11.52
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Article
Messier 107 or M107, also known as NGC 6171 or the Crucifix Cluster, is a very loose globular cluster close to the equator in Ophiuchus, and is the last such object in the Messier Catalogue.
Observational history, namings and guide
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