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ESO 280 SC06

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Constellation
  
Ara

Declination
  
−46° 25′ 23″

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
-4.87

Right ascension
  
18 09 06.0

Distance
  
69.8 kly (21.4 kpc)

ESO 280-SC06

Metallicity
  
[ Fe / H ] {\displaystyle {\begin{smallmatrix}\left[{\ce {Fe}}/{\ce {H}}\right]\end{smallmatrix}}}  = –1.8 dex

ESO 280-SC06 (also known as ESO 280-6) is a globular cluster 69,800 light years from the Sun in the constellation of Ara. The cluster received this designation when it was catalogued by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile. Imagery and Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams show a sparsely populated globular cluster with a compact core.

References

ESO 280-SC06 Wikipedia
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