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Terzan Catalogue

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Terzan Catalogue
Alternative namesAgop Terzan Catalogue of Globular Star Clusters
TargetGlobular clusters
Named afterAgop Terzan
Started1966
Ended1971

The Terzan Catalogue (abbreviation: Ter) is an astronomical catalogue of globular clusters.

Overview

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The Terzan Catalogue consists of 11 globular clusters discovered by Agop Terzan using infrared observations made at Lyon Observatory in France during the 1960s and early 1970s. Most of the globular clusters are located in the constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpius, near the Milky Way's Galactic Center; Terzan 7 and Terzan 8 are most likely part of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. Although all of the Terzan Catalogue objects were originally presumed to be globular clusters, there have been recent suggestions (by Mikkel Steine and others) that some of them may in fact be open clusters.[1]

Since the original Terzan 11 is a duplicate of Terzan 5, more recent versions of the catalogue have renamed the original Terzan 12 as Terzan 11.[2]

History

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The catalogue is based on scientific papers published by Agop Terzan in 1966 (for Terzan 1),[3] 1967 (for Terzan 2),[4] 1968 (for Terzan 3 to 8),[5] and 1971 (for Terzan 9 to 12).[6]

List of clusters

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List of star clusters in the Terzan Catalogue:[2]

Object Constellation Right ascension
(J2000)[2]
Declination
(J2000)[2]
Apparent magnitude[2] Diameter
()[2]
Terzan 1 Scorpius 17h 35m 47.8s −30° 28′ 11″ 13.9 2.4'
Terzan 2 Scorpius 17h 27m 33.4s −30° 48′ 08″ 14.29 0.7'
Terzan 3 Scorpius 16h 28m 40.1s −35° 21′ 13″ 12.0 4.0'
Terzan 4 Scorpius 17h 30m 38.9s −31° 35′ 44″ 16.0 0.7'
Terzan 5 Sagittarius 17h 48m 04.9s −24° 48′ 45″ 13.85 2.1'
Terzan 6 Scorpius 17h 50m 46.4s −31° 16′ 31″ 13.85 1.2'
Terzan 7 Sagittarius 19h 17m 43.7s −34° 39′ 27″ 12.0 6.0'
Terzan 8 Sagittarius 19h 41m 45s −34° 00′ 01″ 12.4 4.4'
Terzan 9 Sagittarius 18h 01m 38.8s −26° 50′ 23″ 16.0 1.5'
Terzan 10 Sagittarius 18h 02m 57.4s −26° 04′ 00″ 14.9 b. d.
Terzan 11 Sagittarius 18h 12m 15.8s −22° 44′ 31″ 16.4 1.5'

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine (1979-01-15). "List of Common Deep Sky Catalogs". SEDS Messier Database. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Wilson, Barbara (1999-05-13). "Obscure Globular Clusters of the Milky Way: Terzan Clusters and the Faintest Globular UKS-1". Astronomy Mall. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  3. ^ Terzan, Agop (1966). "Un nouvel amas globulaire dans la region du centre de la Voie lactee". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série B (in French). 263: 221–222. Bibcode:1966CRASB.263..221T. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  4. ^ Terzan, Agop (1967). "Un nouvel amas globularie dans la region centrale de la Galaxie". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série B (in French). 265: 734–736. Bibcode:1967CRASB.265..734T. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  5. ^ Terzan, Agop (1968). "Six nouveaux amas stellaires (Terzan 3-8) dans la region du centre de la Voie lactee et les constellations du Scorpion et du Sagittaire". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série B (in French). 267: 1245–1248. Bibcode:1968CRASB.267.1245T. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  6. ^ Terzan, Agop (1971). "Four new star clusters in the direction of the central area of the Galaxy". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 12: 477–481. Bibcode:1971A&A....12..477T. ISSN 0004-6361. Retrieved 2024-07-17.