Palomar 2

RA:

04:46:05.91

Dec:

+31:22:53.4

Distance from Sun:

88.7 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

114.1 kly

Apparent Diameter:

1.9 arc min

Brightness:

13.04 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

-133.0 +/- 57.0 km/s

Diameter:

ly

Abs. Mag:

-7.97 Mag vis

This cluster is perhaps a former member of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG), or Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph), the nearby dwarf galaxy discovered in 1994, which is currently in a close and perhaps final encounter before its tidal disruption, with our Milky Way Galaxy.

The image on the right was obtained by Chris and Dawn Schur from Payson, Arizona with their 12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian and SBIG ST8i NAGB CCD camera with enhanced cooling. This is an LRGB composite image, exposed LRGB = 80:20:20:40.