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Most Distant Globulars of the Milky Way
Data extracted from: CATALOG OF PARAMETERS FOR MILKY WAY GLOBULAR CLUSTERS Compiled by
William E. Harris, McMaster University
This revision: June 22, 1999
Name |
RA |
DEC |
Dist Sun(kpc) |
Dist Galactic Center (kpc) |
| AM 1 E 1 |
03 55 02.7 |
- 49 36 52 |
121.9 |
123.2 |
| Pal 4 |
11 29 16.8 |
+28 58 25 |
109.2 |
111.8 |
| Pal 3 |
10 05 31.4 |
+00 04 17 |
92.7 |
95.9 |
| Eridanus |
04 24 44.5 |
- 21 11 13 |
90.2 |
95.2 |
| NGC 2419 |
07 38 08.5 |
+38 52 55 |
84.2 |
91.5 |
| Pal 14 AvdB |
16 11 04.9 |
+14 57 29 |
73.9 |
69.0 |
| Pal 15 |
17 00 02.4 |
- 00 32 31 |
44.6 |
37.9 |
| NGC 7006 |
21 01 29.5 |
+16 11 15 |
41.5 |
38.8 |
| Pyxis |
09 07 57.8 |
- 37 13 17 |
39.4 |
41.4 |
| NGC 5694 |
14 39 36.5 |
- 26 32 18 |
34.7 |
29.1 |
| NGC 5824 |
15 03 58.5 |
- 33 04 04 |
32.0 |
25.8 |
| NGC 6229 |
16 46 58.9 |
+47 31 40 |
30.7 |
30.0 |
| AM 4 |
13 56 21.2 |
- 27 10 04 |
29.9 |
25.5 |
| Arp 2 |
19 28 44.1 |
- 30 21 14 |
28.6 |
21.4 |
| Pal 2 |
04 46 05.9 |
+31 22 51 |
27.6 |
35.4 |
| NGC 6715(M54) |
18 55 03.3 |
- 30 28 42 |
27.2 |
19.6 |
| Pal 13 |
23 06 44.4 |
+12 46 19 |
26.9 |
27.8 |
| Terzan 8 |
19 41 45.0 |
- 34 00 01 |
26.0 |
19.1 |
| NGC 5634 |
14 29 37.3 |
- 05 58 35 |
25.9 |
21.9 |
| NGC 7492 |
23 08 26.7 |
- 15 36 41 |
25.8 |
24.9 |
| IC 1257 |
17 27 08.5 |
- 07 05 35 |
25.0 |
17.9 |
| Pal 5 |
15 16 05.3 |
- 00 06 41 |
23.2 |
18.6 |
| Terzan 7 |
19 17 43.7 |
- 34 39 27 |
23.2 |
16.0 |
Notes: First 6 globulars AM1, Palomar 3, 4, 14, N2419, Eridanus, are the extreme outer
halo globulars which lie ~70 kpc or further from the galactic center.
Pal 15, N7006, and the Pyxis Globular are the most distant globulars not belonging to
the extreme halo.
   
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