NGC 2808

RA:

09:12:03.10

Dec:

-64:51:48.6

Distance from Sun:

31.3 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

36.2 kly

Apparent Diameter:

13.8 arc min

Brightness:

6.20 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

+101.6 +/- 0.7 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-9.39 Mag vis

James Dunlop discovered this globular and cataloged it as Dunlop 265.

This cluster was considered a former member of the Canis Major Dwarf galaxy thought to be discovered in 2003, but this structure turned out not to be a physical object. Instead, it probably came from the progenitor satellite galaxy now called "Gaia Sausage" or "Gaia Enceladus" (see M79).

• Catalog of Variable Stars in NGC 2808 (Christine Clement)
• Pulsars in globular clusters, NGC 2808(Paolo Freire) -- 5 pulsars (2025)
• Holger Baumgardt's Fundamental Data for NGC 2808