FSR 0001

Globular Cluster Candidate FSR 0001, in Ophiuchus

RA:
17 : 32 : 22
Dec:
-27 : 03 : 39
Distance from Sun:
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Distance from Galactic Center:
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Apparent Diameter:
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Discovered by Froebrich, Scholz and Raftery in 2006 in 2MASS IR records.

This cluster was discovered in 2006 by Dirk Froebrich, Aleks Scholz, and C.J. Raftery within a systematic survey using the 2MASS infrared telescope, and listed under number 0001, or FSR 0001, in their catalog (Froebrich et.al. 2007). They include it in their list of nine new globular cluster candidates.

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