NGC 6101
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Key facts
- Class
- X
- Constellation
- Apus
- Right ascension
- 16 25 48.12
- Declination
- –72 ° 12 ′ 07.9 ″
- Apparent dimensions v
- 10.7'
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –1.76 dex
- Estimated age
- 12.54 Gyr
- Other designations
- Caldwell 107
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6101 (also known as Caldwell 107) is a globular cluster in the constellation Apus, which was discovered by James Dunlop and catalogued by him as Δ68. It is located at a distance of about 47,600 light-years from the Sun and about 36,500 light-years from the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. It requires a telescope of at least 20 cm (7.9 in) aperture to resolve individual stars. Research revealed this cluster to contain an unexpected large number of black holes.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6101” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.