Key facts
- Class
- VII
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Right ascension
- 18 59 33.15
- Declination
- –36 ° 37 ′ 56.1 ″
- Distance
- 28.4 kly (8.7 kpc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 11 ′
- Mass
- 3.57 × 10 M ☉
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –0.96 dex
- Estimated age
- 13.06 Gyr
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- star
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Distance from Earth
- 28400
- Image
- NGC 6723 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
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- declination component of proper motion
- -2.160
- metallicity
- -1.45
- Commons category
- NGC 6723
- discoverer or inventor
- James Dunlop
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-06-02
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 3033
- apparent magnitude
- 6.810
- absolute magnitude
- -7.83
- radial velocity
- -3.0
- right ascension
- 284.888125
- declination
- -36.632250
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.170
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6723, also known as the Chandelier Cluster, is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. Its magnitude is given as between 6 and 6.8, and its diameter is between 7 and 11 arcminutes. It is a class VII cluster with stars of magnitude 14 and dimmer. It is near the border of Sagittarius and Corona Australis.
Unlike common globular clusters, NGC 6723 has an enhanced metallicity and a large fraction of younger stars, with primordial stars accounting for only 0.363±0.017 % of the total.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q612606” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.