Alessi J12130-6242

Cluster Candidate Alessi J12130-6242, in Crux

RA:
12 : 13 : 02
Dec:
-42 : 42.4
Distance from Sun:
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Apparent Diameter:
0.8 arc min
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Discovered by Bruno Alessi in 1998.

Bruno Alessi announced the discovery of this object in 1998 as a possible cluster, lying in a rich Milky Way field just east of open cluster NGC 4184 in Crux, and resembling in appearance a remote and obscured globular cluster. Alessi J12130-6242 is listed as a globular cluster candidate in Archinal and Hynes (2003). However, these authors speculate that it might be just a Milky Way "mottling," or fluctuation of the Milky Way background.

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