M54

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6054.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6054. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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The globular cluster M54 in the constellation Sagittarius was discovered by Charles Messier on 24 July 1778 and is hence the first extragalactic globular cluster ever to be recorded. It was not until 1994, however, that it was shown not to be a member of our Galaxy but of a very nearby dwarf galaxy SagDEG (the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy), one of four globular clusters in that galaxy and ...

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