NGC 2419: The Intergalactic Wanderer (Bruce Donzanti)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lynx (Lyn) · Contains: HD60694 · NGC 2419

NGC 2419: The Intergalactic Wanderer

NGC2419 is a dim cluster (mag 9.1) in the constellation Lynx and one of the most remote globulars of our Milky Way. It lies 300,000 light-years away from the Sun and about the same distance from our galaxy's center. This is twice as far out as the Large Magellanic Cloud. At this distance, it takes a staggering 3 billion years to make one trip around the galaxy!

Being dim and very distant, I was hoping for hours of data but the bad weather has beaten me down. It is not as brillant looking as M13 but at least I got a glimpse of the curious beauty.

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The nickname "Intergalactic Wanderer" was bestowed upon it when NGC2419 was erroneously believed not to be in orbit around the Milky Way.
Astronomer Leos Ondra has noted that NGC 2419 would be the "best and brightest" for any observers in the Andromeda Galaxy.

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RA (center)	07h38m05s.446
RA (top/left)	07h39m27s.891
RA (top/right)	07h37m26s.986
RA (bottom/right)	07h36m43s.113
RA (bottom/left)	07h38m43s.692

Dec (center)	+38°53′10″.49
Dec (top/left)	+38°54′04″.93
Dec (top/right)	+39°07′22″.63
Dec (bottom/right)	+38°52′10″.93
Dec (bottom/left)	+38°38′56″.45

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