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Palomar 2 in Auriga
This globular cluster has the distinction of being the furthest from the centre of our galaxy, at 110,000 lightyears from the the core, as well as 90,000 lightyears from Earth.
It is faint at around magnitude 13 and reddened by intervening interstellar dust. However, it is one of the brightest clusters in the Palomar catalogue.
It is just over 2 arcminutes in size, the framing of the image accentuating this.
This image is the result of 3.5h of RGB data capture, over two evenings in January 2025. A ZWO ASI2600MM Pro camera was used, through an 8-inch Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien reflector.
Date: 02/01/2025
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
Photographer: Graham Wilcock
