Intergalactic Wanderer NGC 2419 (Joe Petrick)

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

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Intergalactic Wanderer NGC 2419

Attached is an image I took in march 2024 of globular cluster NGC 2419. It has been given the name of the Intergalactic Wanderer because it's one of the furthest globular clusters that is still associated with our Milky Way galaxy. It lies 300,000 light years from the center of our galaxy. NGC 2419 was discovered by William Herschel on New Year's Eve 1788.[b] [/b]William Herschel suspected it was a diffuse nebula. A century later, the Irish gentleman-stargazer Lord Rosse carefully observed the cluster with his immense 72” reflector and partially resolved it into stars. Rosse believed it was a globular cluster, but this wasn’t confirmed until 1922 when Lowell Observatory astronomers captured it in detailed photographs. NGC 2419 is approaching us at about 20 km/sec.[b] [/b] NGC 2419 takes 3 billion years to circle our galaxy. It is further away then the Magellanic clouds. While it appears dim because of its great distance, the Intergalactic Wanderer is big and bright. If the intergalactic wanderer was at the same distance as globular cluster M13 ( the largest globular cluster visible in the northern hemisphere) it would appear as large as the full moon! It can be viewed with a medium-size amateur telescope. Globular clusters contain stars that are 14 billion years old so they were here when our galaxy was being formed. There are 150 globular clusters associated with the Milky Way galaxy. This image also contains many background galaxies that you can see if you enlarge the image. The most prominent one is an edge-on galaxy that lies at the very top of the image right around the 1 o'clock position. That is galaxy PGC2137090 and it shines at magnitude 18.

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RA (center)	07h38m07s.149
RA (top/left)	07h37m37s.662
RA (top/right)	07h37m18s.557
RA (bottom/right)	07h38m36s.523
RA (bottom/left)	07h38m56s.500

Dec (center)	+38°52′46″.57
Dec (top/left)	+39°04′21″.26
Dec (top/right)	+38°43′59″.99
Dec (bottom/right)	+38°41′11″.77
Dec (bottom/left)	+39°01′32″.58

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