Messier 56
Globular cluster
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Summary
Messier 56 is a globular cluster[1]. It draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (globular cluster category, ranking #19 of 58).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Charles Messier[3]
- Constellation: Lyra[4]
- Part of: Milky Way[5]
- Commons category: Messier 56[6]
- Catalog code: NGC 6779[7], M 56[8], CSI+30-19146 3[9], GCRV 11736[10], GCl 110[11], Melotte 220[12], C 1914+300[13], [KPS2012] MWSC 3077[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 23, 1779[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Messier 56[16]
- Commons gallery: Messier 56[17]
- Apparent magnitude: 8.27[18], 8.90[19], 5.58[20], 8.613[21], 8.138[22], 7.879[23], 7.748[24]
- Absolute magnitude: -7.41[25]
- Radius: 42 light-year[26]
- Radial velocity: -135.6 kilometre per second[27], -154.0 kilometre per second[28], -135.7 kilometre per second[29]
- Metallicity: -1.98[30]
- Distance from Earth: 30,700 light-year[31], 0.010 megaparsec[32]
- Right ascension: 289.148208 degree[33]
- Declination: 30.183472 degree[34]
- Epoch: J2000.0[35]
- Declination component of proper motion: 1.400 milliarcsecond per year[36], -2.99 milliarcsecond per year[37]
- Right ascension component of proper motion: 0.300 milliarcsecond per year[38], 1.56 milliarcsecond per year[39]
Why It Matters
Messier 56 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]