Terzan 2, HP 3

RA:

17:27:33.10

Dec:

-30:48:08.4

Distance from Sun:

24.4 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

2.6 kly

Apparent Diameter:

10.1 arc min

Brightness:

14.29 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+109.0 +/- 15.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-5.88 Mag vis

The image in this page is an IR image obtained within the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). This image is from the 2MASS Atlas. It is a false-color image, with colors representing different IR bands: J band (1.2 micron) is represented blue, H (1.6 micron) green, and Ks light (2.2 micron) red.

Links

• Terzan Globular Cluster Observations, by Barbara Wilson
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Terzan 2 (HP 3) (Christine Clement)

• Agop Terzan, 1967. un nouvel amas globularie dans la region centrale de la Galaxie (a new globular cluster in the central region of the Galaxy). C.R. Acad. Sci. Ser. B, 265, pp. 734-736 [ADS: 1967CRB...265..734T]