Palomar 2 | |
Epoch: | J2000 |
Magnitude: | 13.04 |
Class: | IV |
Constellation: | Auriga[1] |
Ra: | [2] |
Dist Ly: | 90000 ly |
Appmag V: | 13.04 |
Size V: | 2.2' |
Names: | C 0443+313, Cl Pal 2, 2MASX J04460579+3122510, MCG+05-12-001 |
Palomar 2 is a globular cluster part of the Palomar group located in the constellation of Auriga. Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar Globular Clusters, discovered in survey plates from the first National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s.[1]