NGC 5927

Globular cluster in the constellation Lupus

NGC 5927
The globular cluster NGC 5927 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Class	VIII
Constellation	Lupus
Right ascension	15^h 28^m 00.69^s^[1]
Declination	−50° 40′ 22.9″^[1]
Distance	25.1 kly (7.7 kpc)^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	8.86^[1]
Physical characteristics
Radius	6.0' x 6.0'^[2]
Metallicity	${\begin{smallmatrix}\left[{\ce {Fe}}/{\ce {H}}\right]\end{smallmatrix}}$ = -0.49^[3] dex
Other designations	GCl 35, GCRV 5278 E, VDBH 173^[1]
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters

NGC 5927 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lupus. NGC 5927 has a diameter of about 12 arcminutes and an apparent magnitude of +8.86. Its Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class is VIII,^[2] and it contains stars of magnitude 15 and dimmer.

The globular cluster was discovered by the astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 and was also observed in 1834 by John Herschel.^[4]

NGC 5927 is relatively metal-rich for a globular cluster, and may have multiple generations of stars.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "NGC 5927". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "NGC 5927". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "A Galactic Globular Clusters Database: NGC 5927". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 5900 - 5949". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
^ d'Orazi, V.; et al. (2018), "On the Chemical Abundances of Miras in Clusters: V1 in the Metal-rich Globular NGC 5927", The Astrophysical Journal, 855 (1): L9, arXiv:1802.07314, Bibcode:2018ApJ...855L...9D, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aab100, S2CID 119375515