Palomar 13

RA:

23:06:44.4

Dec:

+12:46:19

Distance from Sun:

84.1 kly

Distance from Galactic Center:

87.0 kly

Apparent Diameter:

2.2 arc min

Brightness:

13.80 mag vis

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

Palomar 13 was discovered by A.G. Wilson (1955) and named by him the Pegasus Globular Cluster, together with globular clusters Palomar 3, Palomar 4 and Palomar 5, and two new Local Group galaxies. That naming was certainly not essentially a happy choice, as Pegasus also contains the prominent globular M15. G.O. Abell (1955) cataloged them with their Palomar numbers.

Links:

• The Palomar Globulars, by Barbara Wilson, Doug Snyder and Jim Shields
• Palomar 13 - image by Jan Wisniewski

• 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)
• A.G. Wilson, 1955. Sculptor-Type Systems in the Local Group of Galaxies. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 67, No. 394, p. 27-29 (02/1955)