UKS 1, UKS 1751-241

RA:

17:54:27.2

Dec:

-24:08:43

Distance from Sun:

25.4 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

2.3 kly

Apparent Diameter:

18.8 arc min

Brightness:

17.29 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+57.0 +/- 6.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-6.91 Mag vis

The image in this page in an IR photograph obtained within the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and taken from the 2MASS atlas. Colors represent different IR bands: J band (1.2 micron) is represented blue, H (1.6 micron) green, and Ks light (2.2 micron) red.

Links

• UKS 1 - The Faintest Globular of the Milky Way, by Barbara Wilson
• Catalog of Variable Stars in UKS 1 (Christine Clement)

• M. Malkan, D. Kleinmann and J. Apt, 1980. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 237, pp. 432-437 (04/1980) [ADS: 1980ApJ...237..432M]