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M 71 comparison table |
Subject | has purpose | has reference | has location | has orbit | is part of | has spectra | is a kind of | has catalog | has number of star | has velocity | is an instance of | has diameter | has synonym | has discovery date | has mass | has image | has definition | has distance | has discoverer | has age |
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class X globular cluster | most are in the halo some are members of the thick disk | elongated, around the galactic center | halo | low abundances of heavy elements | globular cluster | globular cluster catalog | 105 to 106 | very high | about 100 light-years | 104 to 106 Msun | oldest stellar formation in the Galaxy | |||||||||
Messier object | originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet | or center of gravity | celestial sphere | celestial body | Messier catalog | an object assigned a number by Charles Messier | from Earth | |||||||||||||
M 71 | originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet | NED, SIMBAD | most are in the halo some are members of the thick disk | elongated, around the galactic center | halo | low abundances of heavy elements | Messier catalog | 105 to 106 | very high | Messier object | about 100 light-years | NGC 6838 | 1745 | 104 to 106 Msun | from Earth | Philippe Loys de Cheseaux | oldest stellar formation in the Galaxy |
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