Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Boötes (Boo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5466
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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster (Ghost Globular Cluster), rdhand
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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster (Ghost Globular Cluster)

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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster (Ghost Globular Cluster), rdhand
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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster (Ghost Globular Cluster)

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NGC 5466 is located 51,800 light-years rom Earth. This globular cluster is unusual insofar as it contains a certain blue branch of stars, as well as being unusually metal poor like ordinary globular clusters.

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NGC 5466 Snowglobe Cluster (Ghost Globular Cluster), rdhand

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