Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pyxis (Pyx)  ·  Contains:  HD78427  ·  HD78626  ·  HD78644
Pyxis GC, Jim Fordice
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Pyxis GC

Pyxis GC, Jim Fordice
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Pyxis GC

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Description

I have not observed this object. 

I obtained the calibrated lights frames used to create the final image from Telescope Live. The frames were imaged by the CHI-1-CMOS Telescope at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile.

Note: Discovered in 1995 by astronomer Ronald Weinberger while he was looking for planetary nebulae. Irwin and colleagues noted that it appears to lie on the same plane as the Large Magellanic Cloud and raised the possibility that it might be an escaped object from that galaxy.

Shapley Sawyer Classification: Not classified.
Distance:  130,480 LY
Type: Far Halo Globular
Position w.r.t. core of galaxy: Above the disc and far to the side of the Milky Way.
Any stars resolved: N/A
Undergoing Core Collapse: No

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