Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  B221  ·  LDN 1505  ·  PGC 15963  ·  PGC 1953399  ·  PGC 1965156
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Palomar 2 -  Globular cluster wider field of view, Riedl Rudolf
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Palomar 2 - Globular cluster wider field of view

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Palomar 2 -  Globular cluster wider field of view, Riedl Rudolf
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Palomar 2 - Globular cluster wider field of view

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Palomar 2  is one of a group of 15 globular clusters from the survey plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950’s.
Palomar 2 is about 90,000 to 100.000 light years away. It has an apparent magnitude of 13.04 where the brightest stars are 18 mag. Information of diameter varies between 1,7 and 2.1 arcmin.

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