NGC 288
Distance from Sun:
8990 ± 90 pc
Galactocentric distance:
12210 ± 60 pc
V-band magnitude:
8.10 ± 0.04
Mass:
9.6 · 10
4
M
☉
M/L ratio:
2.2 ± 0.1 M
☉
/L
☉
Half-mass radius:
8.56 pc
Power-law MF slope:
α = -0.66 ± 0.11
Image Credit: Wkisky
Observations
Cluster distance
Proper motion
Radial velocity
Orbit over the last 500 Myr
Velocity dispersion profile
Rotation
Color magnitude diagram
HST photometry
Mass function
MF slope
N-body Fits
Surface density
Proper motions
Radial velocities
Remnant fraction
Mass-to-light ratio