- Constellation: Sagittarius
- Right Ascension: 18:55:06.04
- Declination: -22:42:05.3
- Distance: 23,100 ly
Palomar 9 is another one of the 15 Palomar globular clusters. Located in the constellation of Sagittarius, while actually one of the brighter ones, its closeness to the brighter foreground star 35 nu.02 Sgr makes picking it out a bit more difficult. It is also cataloged as NGC6717.
- Details
- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Sagittarius
- Right Ascension: 18:41:29.9
- Declination: -19:49:33
- Distance: 41,700 ly
Palomar 8 is another one of the 15 Palomar globular clusters discovered from the Palomar Sky survey in the 1950's. Located in the constellation of Sagittarius.
- Details
- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Capricornus
- Right Ascension: 21h 46m 38.84s
- Declination: –21° 15′ 09.4″
- Distance: 63,600 ly
Another member of Palomar Globular Clusters, at one time it was classified as dwarf galaxy, it is now considered to be a globular cluster captured from the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy. A younger than most globular clusters, its age is estimated at around 6 billion years. Classified as a XII type globular cluster.
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- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Serpens
- Right Ascension: 15:16:05.25
- Declination: -00:06:41.8
- Distance: 75,600 ly
Palomar 5 is a extremely faint globular cluster located in Serpens. Originally discovered in 1950, it was originally classified as a dwarf galaxy. Ir is also in the process of being torn apart by our Milky Way galaxy. Barely visible in this image, it is the faint star field located between the two brighter stars in the lower middle of the image.
- Details
- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Sagitta
- Right Ascension: 19:18:02.1
- Declination: +18° 34.3′
- Distance: 19,200 ly
Palomar 10 is a faint globular located in Sagitta. Discovered in 1955 from the Palomar Sky Survey
- Details
- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
- Constellation: Serpens
- Right Ascension: 18h 10.7m
- Declination: –07° 12.5′
Pal 7 is one of several globular clusters discovered during the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey conducted in the 1950's. Pal 7 is heavily obscured by interstellar dust. Pal 7 is one of the brighter of the Pal series.
- Details
- Category: Globular Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM