Messier 68 (Q14000)

New General Catalogue

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HD 110032

Henry Draper Catalogue

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M 68

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CD-26 9257

Cordoba Durchmusterung

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GCRV 7606

General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities

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Melotte 113

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A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates

C 1236-264

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GCl 20

Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements

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[KPS2012] MWSC 2059

Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes

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http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m068.html

discoverer or inventor

Charles Messier

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reference URL

title

Messier 68 (English)

retrieved

10 April 2018

author name string

Hartmut Frommert

time of discovery or invention

9 April 1780^Gregorian

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reference URL

http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m068.html

Messier 68 (English)

10 April 2018

Hartmut Frommert

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33,000 light-year

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A catalog of parameters for globular clusters in the Milky Way

0.010 megaparsec

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Uniting old stellar systems: from globular clusters to giant ellipticals

declination component of proper motion

1.79±0.62 milliarcsecond per year

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Space velocities of southern globular clusters. VII. NGC 6397, NGC 6626 (M28), and NGC 6656 (M22)

0.06±0.44 milliarcsecond per year

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Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way

right ascension component of proper motion

−3.76±0.66 milliarcsecond per year

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Space velocities of southern globular clusters. VII. NGC 6397, NGC 6626 (M28), and NGC 6656 (M22)

−3.86±0.44 milliarcsecond per year

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Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way

radial velocity

−95.2±0.4 kilometre per second

1 reference

A catalog of parameters for globular clusters in the Milky Way

−116±5 kilometre per second

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General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities

7.96

2 references

A catalog of parameters for globular clusters in the Milky Way

Ultraviolet properties of Galactic globular clusters with GALEX. II. Integrated colors

10.26

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5.80

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Uniting old stellar systems: from globular clusters to giant ellipticals

8.903±0.037

astronomical filter

g' band

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G2C2 – I. Homogeneous photometry for Galactic globular clusters in SDSS passbands

8.127±0.054

astronomical filter

z' band

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G2C2 – I. Homogeneous photometry for Galactic globular clusters in SDSS passbands

absolute magnitude

−7.3

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A catalog of parameters for globular clusters in the Milky Way

metallicity

−2.06

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A catalog of parameters for globular clusters in the Milky Way

−2.23

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"Galaxy," defined

−2.27

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Ultraviolet properties of Galactic globular clusters with GALEX. II. Integrated colors

−2.22

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Insights into pre-enrichment of star clusters and self-enrichment of dwarf galaxies from their intrinsic metallicity dispersions

−2.18

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Metal-poor lithium-rich giants in the radial velocity experiment survey

radius

53 light-year

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reference URL

http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m068.html

Messier 68 (English)

10 April 2018

Hartmut Frommert

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The ACS survey of galactic globular clusters. X. New determinations of centers for 65 clusters

right ascension

189.866583 degree

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The ACS survey of galactic globular clusters. X. New determinations of centers for 65 clusters

declination

−26.744056 degree

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The ACS survey of galactic globular clusters. X. New determinations of centers for 65 clusters

effective temperature

4,549 kelvin

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Metal-poor lithium-rich giants in the radial velocity experiment survey

surface gravity

8 centimetre per square second

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