Palomar 14, AvdB

RA:

16:11:00.6

Dec:

+14:57:28

Distance from Sun:

249.4 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

233.4 kly

Apparent Diameter:

2.1 arc min

Brightness:

14.74 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+72.3 +/- 0.2 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-4.80 Mag vis

In 1958 van den Bergh discovered this faint globular cluster on Palomar Sky Survey plates. Exposures with the 200-inch Palomar telescope confirmed it as a globular cluster (Arp and van den Bergh, 1960). The designation "AvdB" stands for "Arp - van den Bergh."

The image in this page was obtained by Martin Germano.

Links:

• The Palomar Globulars, by Barbara Wilson, Doug Snyder and Jim Shields
• Extreme Halo Globulars, by Barbara Wilson
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Palomar 14 (Christine Clement)

• Halton Arp and Sidney van den Bergh, 1960. A New Faint Globular Cluster. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 72, p. 48 (02/1960) [ADS: 1960PASP...72...48A]
• W.E. Harris and A.R. Sandage, 1984. The distant globular clusters Palomar 14 and Palomar 15. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 89, pp. 1816-1821 + Plate 95/96 (Dec 1984) [ADS: ]1984AJ.....89.1816H