The Intergalactic Wanderer (NGC 2419)

Posted by Fred Herrmann
on Friday, January 24, 2014

The “Intergalactic Wanderer” (NGC2419) is one of the more massive and distant globular clusters orbiting our Milky Way. NGC2419 is 300,000 light-years distant and resides in the constellation Lynx. As its name implies NGC2419 was at one time thought not to be a part of our Milky Way system because of its great distance. It is however now considered a part of the Milky Way and takes three billion years to complete one orbit about the Milky Way. RC12/STT8300 RGB 3x600s http://owlmountainobservatory.com/

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