Arp 2

RA:

19:28:44.11

Dec:

-30:21:20.3

Distance from Sun:

93.2 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

69.8 kly

Apparent Diameter:

12.6 arc min

Brightness:

12.30 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+115.0 +/- 10.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-5.29 Mag vis

This cluster is probably a member of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG), or Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph), the nearby dwarf galaxy discovered in 1994, which is currently in a close and perhaps final encounter before its tidal disruption, with our Milky Way Galaxy.

• Catalog of Variable Stars in Arp 2 (Christine Clement)