NGC 6760

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NGC 6760
NGC 6760 67f.jpg
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Class IX: [1]
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 19h 11m 12.1s [2]
Declination +01° 01′ 49.7″ [2]
Distance 24.1  kly (7.4  kpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude (V)9.8 [2]
Apparent dimensions (V)4.8' [2]
Physical characteristics
Mass3.57×105 [4]   M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H] = –0.40 [4] dex
Other designationsC 1908+009, GCl  109
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

NGC 6760 is a globular cluster [2] in the constellation Aquila. It may have contributed to the formation of the open cluster Ruprecht 127 during NGC 6760's passage through the galactic disk 71 million years ago. [5]

At least two millisecond pulsars have been found in NGC 6760. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen B. (August 1927), "A Classification of Globular Clusters", Harvard College Observatory Bulletin, 849 (849): 11–14, Bibcode:1927BHarO.849...11S.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 6760. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
  3. ↑ Hessels, J. W. T.; et al. (November 2007), "A 1.4 GHz Arecibo Survey for Pulsars in Globular Clusters", The Astrophysical Journal, 670 (1): 363–378, arXiv: 0707.1602 , Bibcode:2007ApJ...670..363H, doi:10.1086/521780, S2CID   16914232.
  4. 1 2 Boyles, J.; et al. (November 2011), "Young Radio Pulsars in Galactic Globular Clusters", The Astrophysical Journal, 742 (1): 51, arXiv: 1108.4402 , Bibcode:2011ApJ...742...51B, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/742/1/51, S2CID   118649860.
  5. ↑ Bajkova, A. T.; Bobylev, V. V. (2019), "Search for the evolutionary relationship between Galactic globular and open clusters using data from the Gaia DR2 catalogue", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488 (3): 3474–3481, arXiv: 1907.10939 , doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz2061
  6. ↑ Freire, Paulo C. C.; Hessels, Jason W. T.; Nice, David J.; Ransom, Scott M.; Lorimer, Duncan R.; Stairs, Ingrid H. (2005-03-10). "The Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6760". The Astrophysical Journal. 621 (2): 959–965. arXiv: astro-ph/0411160 . Bibcode:2005ApJ...621..959F. doi:10.1086/427748. ISSN   0004-637X. S2CID   119342837.


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