PWM78 2

Globular Cluster Candidate PWM78 2, in Ophiuchus

RA:
17 : 58 : 39.4
Dec:
-05 : 04 : 21
Distance from Sun:
52.2 kly
Distance from Galactic Center:
31.6 kly
Apparent Diameter:
2.0 arc min
Brightness:
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Radial Velocity:
Diameter:
Abs. Mag:
Discovered by Pfleiderer, Weinberger and Mross in 1978.
Suspected as a globular cluster by Brent A. Archinal.
Announced as globular cluster by Ortolani et.al. in 2009.

Listed as globular cluster in the second edition of Uranometria 2000.0 and Archinal and Hynes (2003). Its nature was investigated, and found to be a globular cluster, by Ortolani et.al. (2009).

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