NGC_5466

**NGC 5466** 是分類為 XII，位於牧夫座的球狀星團，距離地球 51,800 光年，距離銀心 52,800 光年，在 1784 年 5 月 17 日就被威廉・赫歇爾發現，並編號為 HV1.9。

這個球狀星團很異常的包含了一些藍色的水平分支恆星，並且和平常的球狀星團一樣是金屬貧乏的恆星。在 2006 年發現它是一個被稱為 "45 度潮汐流" 星流的來源，這個星流從牧夫座延伸至大熊座，大約有 1.4° 寬。

## 參考資料

* * WikiSky 上關於 NGC 5466 的內容：DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, 氫 α, X 射線，天文照片，天圖，文章和圖片
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* BUONANNO R.; BUSCEMA G.; CORSI C.E.; IANNICOLA G.; FUSI PECCI F. Positions, magnitudes and colors for stars in the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1984, **56**: 79–86. Bibcode:1984A&AS...56...79B.
* ZINN R.; KING R. The mass of the anomalous Cepheid in the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1982, **262**: 700–708. Bibcode:1982ApJ...262..700Z.
* MONTGOMERY K.A.; HEASLEY J.N.; JANES K.A. Photometry of globular cluster NGC 5466.. Bull. American Astron. Soc. 1994, **26**: 1490. Bibcode:1994BAAS...26.1490M.
* PRYOR C.; McCLURE R.D.; FLETCHER J.M.; HESSER J.E. Mass-light ratios for globular clusters. II. The low-concentration clusters NGC 288, NGC 5466, and M 55 (NGC 6809).. The Astrophysical Journal. 1991, **102**: 1026–1042. Bibcode:1991AJ....102.1026P.
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* MATEO M.; HARRIS H.C.; NEMEC J.; OLSZEWSKI E.W. Blue stragglers as remnants of stellar mergers: the discovery of short-period eclipsing binaries in globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1990, **100**: 469–484. Bibcode:1990AJ....100..469M.
* BELOKUROV V.; EVANS N.W.; IRWIN M.J.; HEWETT P.C.; WILKINSON M.I. The discovery of tidal tails around the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 2006, **637**: L29–L32. Bibcode:2006ApJ...637L..29B.
* FERRO A.A.; LOPEZ V.R.; GIRIDHAR S.; BRAMICH D.M. CCD photometry of the globular cluster NGC 5466. RR Lyrae light-curve decomposition and the distance scale.. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 2008, **384**: 1444–1458. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.384.1444F.
* McCARTHY J.K.; NEMEC J.M. The chemical composition and period change rate of the anomalous cepheid V19 in NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1997, **482**: 203–229. Bibcode:1997ApJ...482..203M.
* LEHMANN I.; SCHOLZ R.-D. Tidal radii of the globular clusters M 5, M 12, M 13, M 15, M 53, NGC 5053 and NGC 5466 from automated star counts.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1997, **320**: 776–782. Bibcode:1997A&A...320..776L.
* CORWIN T.M.; CARNEY B.W.; NIFONG B.G. BV photometry of RR Lyrae variables in the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 1999, **118**: 2875–2887. Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2875C.
* PEIKOV Z.I. Logartithmic density range and the percentage of stars in the cores of various subsystems of the globular clusters M 56, M 12, NGC 6535, NGC 6171, NGC 5466, and M 92.. Astron. Rep. 2002, **46**: 352–359. Bibcode:2002ARep...46..352P.
* JEON Y.-B.; LEE M.G.; KIM S.-L.; LEE H. SX Phoenicis stars in the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 2004, **128**: 287–299. Bibcode:2004AJ....128..287J.
* ROJAS LOPEZ V.; ARELLANO FERRO A.; GIRIDHAR S.; BRAMICH D.M. Physical parameters of RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster NGC 5466: The Oosterhoff dichotomy.. Rev. Mex. Astron. Astrofis. Serie de Conf. 2006, **26**: 49–49. Bibcode:2006RMxAC..26...49R.
* GRILLMAIR C.J.; JOHNSON R. The detection of a 45° tidal stream associated with the globular cluster NGC 5466.. The Astrophysical Journal. 2006, **639**: L17–L20. Bibcode:2006ApJ...639L..17G.
* Fekadu, Nassissie; Sandquist, Eric L.; Bolte, Michael. Photometry of the Globular Cluster NGC 5466: Red Giants and Blue Stragglers.. The Astrophysical Journal. 2007, **663** (1): 277–295. Bibcode:2006ApJ...639L..17G.

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