Messier 54 (also known as M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. [a] It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1778 and then included in his catalog of comet-like objects. It is easily found in the sky, being close to the star ζ Sagittarii.

Messier 54 (NGC 6715) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius, in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies. M54 is 87400 light years away from Earth.

Aug 14, 2017 · "As part of the ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters, we present new Hubble Space Telescope photometry of the massive globular cluster M54 (NGC 6715) and the superposed core of the tidally...

Jun 10, 2015 · Messier 54 (M54) is an extragalactic globular cluster located in the southern constellation Sagittarius. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.37 and lies at a distance of 87,400 light years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 6715 in the New General Catalogue.

Messier 54 or M54 (also designated NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 7.6 and its angular diameter is 9.1 arc-minutes. M54 lies at an estimated distance of 88,700 light years.

Messier 54 (or M54 or NGC 6715) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1778. Later, he included it in his catalog of comet -like objects.

M54 | NGC 6715 | Globular Cluster | Sagittarius | 90,000 Light Years Away. Messier 54 is a globular star cluster situated in the constellation Sagittarius, and it was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier in 1778. Positioned approximately 87,000 light-years away from Earth, this celestial assembly is located within the Milky Way ...

Messier 54 is a special globular cluster. It hosts about 1 Million stars, has a luminosity of 850,000 suns and has a total mass of 1.5 Million solar masses. It is located at 87,400 light years in the constellation Sagittarius.

M54 - NGC 6715 - Globular Cluster PREVIOUS MESSIER PAGE: NEXT MESSIER PAGE >>> Location Data Constellation: Sagittarius Right ascension: 18h 55.1m Declination: -30° 29′ Distance: ly Size: ly Observation Data Apparent magnitude: 8.5 Apparent size: 9.1' arcmins ...

Oct 19, 2022 · NGC 6715 (also known as Messier 54 or M54) is a GC hosting about 1 million stars. It is one of the most compact globular cluster known and is located at the constellation Sagittarius. It has been proposed that NGC 6715 has an intermediate mass black hole of ∼9400 M ⊙ in its center (Ibata et al. 2009). At the radio band, there is no pulsar ...