M 79

Globular Cluster M79 (NGC 1904), class V,

in Lepus

Right Ascension	05 : 24.5 (h:m)
Declination	-24 : 33 (deg:m)
Distance	41.1 (kly)
Visual Brightness	7.7 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	8.7 (arc min)

M79’s apparent diameter of 8.7 minutes of arc corresponds to a linear extension

of over 100 light years.

This cluster is slightly elliptical, extended at position angle 45 deg, and

has only 7 known variables. It is receding at about 200 km/sec.

About 0.5 degrees to the SW lies the 5.5 mag star ADS 3954 with its 7th mag

companion, separated by 3″.

• UIT images of M79 (visible and UV) from

  the Astro-1 Space Shuttle mission (STS-35)

• More images of M79

  
  

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  Hartmut Frommert

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  Christine Kronberg

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  Last Modification: 20 Nov 1997, 22:10 MET