Globular Clusters, Part 2
36 entries in the Globular Clusters, Part 2 compendium.
NGC 1851Massive globular cluster with multiple stellar populations and exotic pulsars.NGC 1866Young LMC globular cluster with many Cepheid variables.NGC 2419A distant, massive globular cluster once thought to be an intergalactic wanderer.NGC 2808A massive globular cluster with three generations of stars.NGC 3201A low-density globular cluster with an unusually high radial velocity.NGC 4147A small, metal-poor Oosterhoff type I globular cluster.NGC 4833A massive, metal-poor globular cluster with a highly eccentric orbit.NGC 5053A metal-poor globular cluster possibly stripped from a dwarf galaxy.NGC 5286An ancient globular cluster in Centaurus, possibly linked to dwarf galaxy remnants.NGC 5466A loose, dim globular cluster with a long tidal stream.NGC 5986A massive, metal-rich globular cluster in Lupus with multiple stellar populations.NGC 6256Ancient globular cluster with two blue straggler sequences.NGC 6388A massive Milky Way globular cluster with multiple stellar populations.NGC 6397A nearby globular cluster with a collapsed core and debated black hole content.NGC 6401Old globular cluster in Ophiuchus, possibly trapped in Milky Way's bar.NGC 6426An ancient, metal-poor globular cluster in Ophiuchus.NGC 6441Massive, metal-rich globular cluster with unusual variable stars.NGC 6522Possibly the oldest globular cluster in the Milky Way.NGC 6544Small globular cluster near the Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius.NGC 6624Globular cluster with six pulsars and a record-spinning neutron star.NGC 6652Globular cluster with two millisecond pulsars and multiple X-ray sources.NGC 6712Globular cluster with an accelerating black widow pulsar.NGC 6752Fourth-brightest globular cluster, visible to the unaided eye.Omega CentauriThe largest and most massive globular cluster in the Milky Way.Palomar 3A giant Palomar globular in the far outer halo.Palomar 7A nearby Palomar globular obscured by dust, first seen in 1889.Palomar 8A faint Palomar globular cluster discovered in the 1950s.Palomar 10An average-sized Palomar globular obscured by dust in our line of sight.Palomar 11An average-sized Palomar globular obscured by dust in our line of sight.Palomar 13The most difficult Palomar globular cluster to observe.Palomar 15The most difficult Palomar globular cluster to observe visually.Palomar globular clustersFifteen faint globular clusters discovered on Palomar Sky Survey plates.Segue 1One of the smallest, faintest Milky Way satellites with extreme dark matter content.Terzan 5A bulge fossil fragment with multiple stellar generations and many pulsars.Terzan 7A young globular cluster associated with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.Whiting 1A faint, young globular cluster associated with the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
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