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مسیه ۷۹
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globular cluster in the constellation Lepus
Key facts
- Class
- V
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Right ascension
- 05 24 10.59
- Declination
- −24 ° 31 ′ 27.3 ″
- Distance
- 12.9 kpc (42 kly )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 8.7'
- Radius
- 53 ly
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –1.55 dex
- Estimated age
- 11.7 Gyr
- Other designations
- M79, NGC 1904, GCl 10, Melotte 34
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astrophysical X-ray source
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Lepus
- Distance from Earth
- 0.013
- Radius
- 59
- Image
- A snowstorm of stars.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 209
- time of discovery or invention
- 1780-10-26
- Commons category
- Messier 79
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0528
- absolute magnitude
- -7.86
- discoverer or inventor
- Pierre Méchain
- apparent magnitude
- 8.178
- metallicity
- -1.58
- right ascension
- 81.044125
- declination
- -24.524250
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 0.20
- declination component of proper motion
- 1.13
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