Pavo Globular Cluster

RA:

17 : 50.2

Dec:

- 60 : 46

Distance from Sun:

Distance from Galactic Center:

Apparent Diameter:

0.5 arc min

Brightness:

15.1 mag

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

This cluster candidate was discovered by Harlow Shapley and classified as a globular; it is listed as such by Helen Sawyer (1947) and Becvar. Actually, in this field of view, there are only some probably unrelated foreground stars and faint background galaxies; the DSS image implies that perhaps Shapley took suggestions of a remote cluster of galaxies as indications for a globular.