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| Description of NGC 6864 |
Messier 75 (also known as M75 or NGC 6864) is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1780 and included in Charles Messier's catalog of comet-like objects that same year.
M75 is at a distance of about 67,500 light years away from Earth and its apparent size on the sky translates to a true radius of some 67 light years
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Kacharov, N.; Koch, A.; McWilliam, A.
A comprehensive chemical abundance study of the outer halo globular cluster M 75
2013, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 554, 15 pp
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Contreras Ramos, R.; Ferraro, F. R.; Dalessandro, E.; Lanzoni, B.; Rood, R. T.
The Unimodal Distribution of Blue Straggler Stars in M75 (NGC 6864)
2012, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 748, Issue 2, 9 pp.
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V. Kravtsov, G. Alcaino, G. Marconi, and F. Alvarado
Multi-color photometry of the Galactic globular cluster M 75 = NGC 6864. A new sensitive metallicity indicator and the position of the horizontal branch in UV
2007, A&A 469, 529-537 (2007)
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