Palomar 2

RA:

04:46:05.9

Dec:

+31:22:51

Distance from Sun:

90.0 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

115.5 kly

Apparent Diameter:

1.9 arc min

Brightness:

13.04 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

Links:

• The Palomar Globulars, by Barbara Wilson, Doug Snyder and Jim Shields
• Palomar 2, Skytools Object, Skyhound

• George O. Abell, 1955. Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebulae Discovered on the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 397, p. 258 (August 1955)
• W.E. Harris, P.R. Durrell, G.R. Petitpas, T.M. Webb and S.C. Woodworth, 1997. Unveiling Palomar 2: The most obscure globular cluster in the outer halo. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 114, p. 1043-1050 (09/1997)