Laevens 3
| Laevens 3 | |
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| Observation data ( effective: 0.64 ± 0.05′ or 37.2 ± 3.3 ly (11.4 ± 1.0 pc) | |
| Metallicity | = −1.8 ± 0.1[1] dex |
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Laevens 3 is a
Pan-STARRS 1.[1]
It is located 210,000 light years from Earth in the outer galactic halo. Its orbit takes it to 133,000 ly from galactic centre and out to 279,000 ly. The half light diameter is only 37 light years. The metallicity is −1.8 dex. The cluster is about 13 billion years old. The brightness is equivalent to 1,125 Suns.[2]
References
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- ^ Nowakowski, Tomasz (26 September 2019). "Milky Way's satellite globular cluster studied in detail". phys.org. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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