The Intergalactic Wanderer

Globular cluster NGC 2419 is an enigma hiding in the dim constellation Lynx, way off the beaten path. While most Milky Way globulars surround the galactic core in Sagittarius, NGC 2419 lies halfway across the sky. On New Year’s Eve 1788, William Herschel first spotted a faint blur of light in Lynx that he describedContinue reading “The Intergalactic Wanderer”
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