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The globular cluster NGC 5927 in the constellation Wolf
(Lupus)
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Short objekt description:
NGC 5927 with an apparent
diameter of 12 arc minutes, is a smaller globular cluster in the constellation
Lupus (Wolf). It is assigned to concentration class
VIII. At a distance of about 25,000 light years from the solar system,
it has a true diameter of about 12 light years. The cluster was discovered on 8
May 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop and later included in the New
General Catalogue (NGC) by the Danish astronomer Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer with
the number 5927. |
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