Eridanus

Globular Cluster Eridanus (ESO 551-SC 01), in Eridanus

RA:
04:24:44.5
Dec:
-21:11:13
Distance from Sun:
293.7 kly
Distance from Galactic Center:
309.7 kly
Apparent Diameter:
arc min
Brightness:
14.70 mag vis
Radial Velocity:
-23.6 +/- 2.1 km/s
Diameter:
ly
Abs. Mag:
-5.13 Mag vis
Discovered by Schuster in 1976.

The Eridanus Globular Cluster was discovered by Schuster on a photographic plate taken on December 11, 1976 with the 1-m ESO Schmidt telescope for the ESO (B) atlas (a 60-min exposure on IIa-O emulsion and GG 385 filter), see Cesarsky et.al. (1977).

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