Messier 79

Messier 79 (also known as NGC 1904 ) is a 8.56 like bright globular clusters with an angular extent of 9.6 ' in the constellation rabbit. M79 is one of the few globular clusters, which are observed in the winter sky. So he is not, like most other globular clusters. Toward the center of the Milky Way, but in almost the opposite direction According to recent speculations of this object could be a " new immigrants " in our Milky Way system. This suggests that M79 is a globular cluster discovered in 2003, the Canis Major dwarf galaxy be our nearest neighbor galaxy. This satellite of the Milky Way has been largely resolved by the strong tidal forces and was formerly considered part of the Milky Way.