FSR 1703

Globular Cluster Candidate FSR 1703, in Lupus

RA:
15 : 41 : 55
Dec:
-54 : 59 : 48
Distance from Sun:
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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 1703, or FSR 1703, in their catalog (Froebrich et.al. 2007). They include it in their list of nine new globular cluster candidates.

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