GCl 38

Palomar 14, also referred to as GCl 38 is a globular cluster in the outer region of the Milky Way in the constellation Hercules. The globular cluster was found in 1958 by the astronomer Sidney van den Bergh and Halton Arp in photographs of the Palomar Sky Survey. He has a round, diffuse appearance and is having an age of 10 billion years, about 3-4 billion years younger than a typical globular clusters of the Milky Way.

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  • Individual globular clusters
  • Hercules ( constellation )
Hercules (constellation) Declination Light-year arXiv Digital Object Identifier
630962
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