M55

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6055.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6055. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M55 is a large, loose globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius with a visual magnitude of 6.3 and a diameter of 19'. It was discovered by Lacaille between 1751 and 1752 when he was observing in South Africa but it is difficult to see from the northern hemisphere. Although Messier first looked for it in 1764 he only found it in 1778. M55 is a halo cluster with a high galactic latitude, wh...

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