Palomar 8

RA:

18:41:29.9

Dec:

-19:49:33

Distance from Sun:

41.7 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

17.9 kly

Apparent Diameter:

13.6 arc min

Brightness:

11.02 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

-43.0 +/- 15.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-5.51 Mag vis

Links:

• The Palomar Globulars, by Barbara Wilson, Doug Snyder and Jim Shields
• Palomar 8 - image by Jan Wiesniewski
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Palomar 8 (Christine Clement)

• George O. Abell, 1955. Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 397, p. 258 (August 1955) [ADS: 1955PASP...67..258A]