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02-FEB-2012

NGC 2419 The Intergalactic Wanderer

NGC 2419,the Intergalactic Wanderer, got its name because it is so far from the galactic center
(300,000 light years and well beyond the halo containing most globular clusters)
that it was long believed to be wandering through space independently.

NGC 2419 is actually a large, bright, globular cluster comparable to Omega Centauri.
Its great distance makes it look rather faint and small, at magnitude 10.4 and less than 4 arc minutes across.
The brightest stars of this distant cluster glow at a faint magnitude 17.5!

Orion 190mm Mak-Newtonian
Celestron CGE
Modified Canon T1i
171*90 second 1600iso sub exposures
TS-OAG9, SX Lodestar, PHD guided
Dark/Flat/Bias calibrated
ImagesPlus camera control

Poor seeing. Wind gusts to 20mph.


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