M70梅西耶70,也称为NGC 6681,是在人马座南侧的一个球状星团[a]梅西耶在1780年8月31日发现它[5]。著名的海尔·波普彗星在1995年7月23日被发现时,就在它的旁边[9]

M 70
哈伯太空望远镜拍摄的M70;视场为3.3弧分
Credit: ESA/Hubble和NASA
观测数据(J2000 历元)
分类V[1]
星座人马座
赤经18h 43m 12.76s[2]
赤纬–32° 17′ 31.6″[3]
距离29.4 kly(9.0 kpc[4]
视星等 (V)+9.06[3]
视直径(V)8.0[5]
物理性质
Mass1.79×105[4] M
半径34 ly[6]
金属量–1.35[7] dex
估计年龄12.80 Gyr[7]
其它名称GCl 101, M70, NGC 6681[3]

它与地球的距离为29,400光年[4],并以6,500光年的距离绕著银河中心运转[10]。它的大小和亮度与同在人马座的邻居,也是球状星团的M69大致相同[11]。M70的核心非常小,半径大约只有0.22 ly(0.068 pc)[12],半光度的半径则为182.0 ly(55.80 pc)[13]。该星团经历了核心崩塌,使其质量集中于中心[14],光度分布遵循幂定律[10]

星团中有两个不同的恒星群体,每一个群体都显示出独特的丰度[15]。已知有五颗变星位于其广泛的半径,即潮汐半径内,所有的这些变星都是天琴座RR型变星[8][16]。这个星团在核心附近可能有两颗蓝离散星 [10]

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参考资料和注解

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  2. ^ Goldsbury, Ryan; et al, The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. X. New Determinations of Centers for 65 Clusters, The Astronomical Journal, December 2010, 140 (6): 1830–1837, Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1830G, arXiv:1008.2755 , doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1830. 
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 NGC 6681. SIMBAD. 斯特拉斯堡天文资料中心. 
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Boyles, J.; et al, Young Radio Pulsars in Galactic Globular Clusters, The Astrophysical Journal, November 2011, 742 (1): 51, Bibcode:2011ApJ...742...51B, arXiv:1108.4402 , doi:10.1088/0004-637X/742/1/51. 
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 Adam, Len, Imaging the Messier Objects Remotely from Your Laptop, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, Springer: 304, 2018, Bibcode:2018imor.book.....A, ISBN 978-3319653853 
  6. ^ distance × sin( diameter_angle / 2 ) = 34 ly. radius
  7. ^ 7.0 7.1 Forbes, Duncan A.; Bridges, Terry, Accreted versus in situ Milky Way globular clusters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, May 2010, 404 (3): 1203–1214, Bibcode:2010MNRAS.404.1203F, arXiv:1001.4289 , doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16373.x. 
  8. ^ 8.0 8.1 Liller, M. H., The variable stars in the field of the globular cluster NGC 6681, Astronomical Journal, October 1983, 88: 1463–1469, Bibcode:1983AJ.....88.1463L, doi:10.1086/113435. 
  9. ^ Mobberley, Martin, It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer!: A Fan's Biography of Sir Patrick Moore, Springer Science & Business Media: 483, 2013, ISBN 978-3319006093 
  10. ^ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Watson, Alan M.; et al, Far-ultraviolet imaging of the globular cluster NGC 6681 with WFPC2 (PDF), Astrophysical Journal, Part 2, November 1994, 435 (1): L55–L58 [2021-08-12], Bibcode:1994ApJ...435L..55W, doi:10.1086/187593, (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-10-06). 
  11. ^ Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine, Globular Cluster M70, SEDS Messier pages (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)), 2007-08-30 [2018-12-04], (原始内容存档于2015-03-03). 
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  14. ^ Pryor, Carlton; et al, Mass-to-light ratios for globular clusters. I - The centrally concentrated clusters NGC 6624, M28 (NGC 6626), and M70 (NGC 6681), Astronomical Journal, August 1989, 98: 596–610, Bibcode:1989AJ.....98..596P, doi:10.1086/115160. 
  15. ^ O'Malley, Erin M.; et al, High-resolution Spectroscopic Abundances of Red Giant Branch Stars in NGC 6681, The Astrophysical Journal, September 2017, 846 (1): 15, Bibcode:2017ApJ...846...23O, arXiv:1706.06962 , doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa7b72, 23. 
  16. ^ Clement, Christine M.; et al, Variable Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters, The Astronomical Journal, November 2001, 122 (5): 2587–2599, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.2587C, arXiv:astro-ph/0108024 , doi:10.1086/323719. 
  1. ^ 位于茶壶星群的最南端;它的赤纬意味著在北纬58度线以北就看不到它。要观测到它至少要往北移动到北纬43度线,使它的高度能超过15度,才能在影像不失真的条件下进行仔细的观测。

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