Eridanus

RA:

04:24:44.5

Dec:

-21:11:13

Distance from Sun:

294.2 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

310.5 kly

Apparent Diameter:

1.0 arc min

Brightness:

14.70 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

The Eridanus Globular Cluster was discovered by Schuster on a photographic plate taken on December 11, 1976 with the 1-m ESO Schmidt telescope for the ESO (B) atlas (a 60-min exposure on IIa-O emulsion and GG 385 filter), see Cesarsky et.al. (1977).

Links:

• Extreme Halo Globulars, by Barbara Wilson

• Cesarsky, D. A.; Lequeux, J.; Laustsen, S.; Schuster, H.-E.; West, R. M., 1977. Two new faint stellar systems discovered on ESO Schmidt plates. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 61, no. 4, Nov. 1977, p. L31-L33. Also includes the announce of the dwarf galaxy SagDIG.