IC 1276, Palomar 7

RA:

18:10:44.20

Dec:

-07:12:27.4

Distance from Sun:

17.6 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

12.1 kly

Apparent Diameter:

21.0 arc min

Brightness:

10.34 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+155.7 +/- 1.3 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-6.67 Mag vis

The image in our page was obtained by Martin Germano in June 2002 from Mt. Pinos area in southern California. It was taken with his 14.5-inch f/5 Newtonian, and was exposed 85 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 film.

Links:

• The Palomar Globulars, by Barbara Wilson, Doug Snyder and Jim Shields
• Palomar 7 - image by Jan Wiesniewski
• Catalog of Variable Stars in IC 1276 (Pal 7) (Christine Clement)

• George O. Abell, 1955. Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 397, p. 258 (August 1955) [ADS: 1955PASP...67..258A]