NGC 4833 (also known as Caldwell 105) is a globular cluster discovered by Abbe Lacaille during his 1751-1752 journey to South Africa, and catalogued in 1755. It was subsequently observed and catalogued by James Dunlop and Sir John Herschel whose instruments could resolve it into individual stars.
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NGC 4833 is one of the over 150 globular clusters known to reside within the Milky Way.[1] | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Class | VIII[2] |
| Constellation | Musca |
| Right ascension | 12h 59m 33.92s[3] |
| Declination | –70° 52′ 35.4″[3] |
| Distance | 21.5 kly (6.6 kpc)[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +7.79[5] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 13′.5 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 4.10×105[4] M☉ |
| Radius | 42 ly[6] |
| Metallicity | |
| Estimated age | 12.54 Gyr[7] |
| Other designations | Caldwell 105, GCl 21,[5] Lacaille I.4 Dunlop 164, Bennett 56 |
| See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters | |

The globular cluster is situated in the very southerly constellation Musca at a distance of 21,200 light years from Earth. It is partially obscured by a dusty region of the galactic plane. After corrections for the reddening by dust, evidence was obtained that it is in the order of 2 billion years older than globular clusters M5 or M92.
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New General Catalogue 4500 to 4999 | |
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