Terzan 6, HP 5

RA:

17:50:46.38

Dec:

-31:16:31.4

Distance from Sun:

22.2 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

4.2 kly

Apparent Diameter:

17.4 arc min

Brightness:

13.85 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+126.0 +/- 15.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-7.59 Mag vis

Links

• Terzan Globular Cluster Observations, by Barbara Wilson
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Terzan 6 (HP 5) (Christine Clement)

• Agop Terzan, 1968. Six nouveaux amas stellaires (Terzan 3-8) dans la region du centre de la Voie lactee et les constellations du Scorpion et du Sagittaire (Six new star clusters (Terzan 3-8) in the region of the center of the Milky Way and the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius). C.R. Acad. Sci. Ser. B, 267, pp. 1245-1248 [ADS: 1968CRB...267.1245T]