Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2419
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NGC 2419

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NGC 2419

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This object is a globular cluster located an astounding 300,000 light years away in the constellation of Lynx. It has about 1 million stars. It has the nickname - "The Intergalactic Wanderer".  It is believed that this is an extragalactic cluster, belonging to the Sagittarius Stream of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (SDSG).

Its orbit around the Milky Way is a long one, taking 3 billion years to make one trip around our galaxy. A surprising number of stars towards the outside of the cluster are resolvable, despite the great distance, and many of them are orange in appearance.

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