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Cúmulo globular M30
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cúmulo globular en la constelación de Capricornus
Messier 30 is a spherical collection of thousands of old stars located in the constellation Capricornus, held together by gravity. It is one of the notable deep-sky objects cataloged by astronomers and serves as an example of the ancient star clusters that orbit our galaxy.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cúmulo globular M30 is referenced by 419 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Capricornus, Capricornus and New General Catalogue.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1764, August and Capricornus.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Class
- V
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Right ascension
- 21 40 22.12
- Declination
- –23 ° 10 ′ 47.5 ″
- Distance
- 27.14 ± 0.65 kly (8.3 ± 0.20 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 12'.0
- Mass
- 1.6 × 10 M ☉
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –2.27 dex
- Estimated age
- 12.93 Gyr
- Other designations
- M30, NGC 7099, GCl 122
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- globular cluster
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Distance from Earth
- 0.007
- Radius
- 45
- Image
- Messier 30 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
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- Commons category
- Messier 30
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 3543
- absolute magnitude
- -7.45
- radial velocity
- -164.0
- discoverer or inventor
- Charles Messier
- time of discovery or invention
- 1764-08-03
- Commons gallery
- Messier 30
- apparent magnitude
- 7.501
- metallicity
- -2.33
- spectral class
- IV
- right ascension
- 325.092167
- declination
- -23.179861
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.61
- declination component of proper motion
- -7.28
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Article · Español
Messier 30 (también conocido como M30 o NGC 7099) es un cúmulo globular en la constelación de Capricornus. Fue descubierto por Charles Messier en 1764. El Messier 30 está a una distancia de aproximadamente 26 000 años luz desde la Tierra.
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