Observation by Mark Fairfax: Palomar 2: a distant globular cluster

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2025 Jan 25 - 21:42

Uploaded

2025 Jan 28 - 16:15

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 04^h46^m
Dec: +31°23'
Position angle: +28°01'

Field size

1°13' × 0°48'

Equipment

Celestron Origin

Exposure

640 secs

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

Palomar 2 Globular Cluster

Title

Palomar 2: a distant globular cluster

About this image

I like a bit of variety & thought I’d give my Origin a challenge.
The constellation Auriga was well placed from my Nottinghamshire back garden (Bortle 5-6) and so on to Palomar 2 a distant globular cluster. Even though it is massive & luminous it glows faintly at 13th magnitude due to it being veiled by interstellar dust & the brightness of its individual stars are suppressed.

Palomar 2 is usually a target for much larger telescopes on the best of nights.

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