Eridanus

RA:

04:24:44.5

Dec:

-21:11:13

Distance from Sun:

293.7 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

309.7 kly

Apparent Diameter:

arc min

Brightness:

14.70 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

-23.6 +/- 2.1 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-5.13 Mag vis

The Eridanus Globular Cluster was discovered by Schuster on a photographic plate taken on December 11, 1976 with the 1-m ESO Schmidt telescope for the ESO (B) atlas (a 60-min exposure on IIa-O emulsion and GG 385 filter), see Cesarsky et.al. (1977).

Links:

• Extreme Halo Globulars, by Barbara Wilson
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Eridanus Globular Cluster (Christine Clement)

• D. A. Cesarsky, J. Lequeux, S. Laustsen, H.-E. Schuster, and R. M. West, 1977. Two new faint stellar systems discovered on ESO Schmidt plates. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 61, no. 4, Nov. 1977, p. L31-L33 [ADS: 1977A&A....61L..31C]. Also includes the announce of the dwarf galaxy SagDIG.