NGC2419 (Globular cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC2419 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:10 (PST), 26° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:35, 85° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:27, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC2419
Object type Globular cluster
Other names
The Intergalactic Wanderer
C 25[3]
NGC 2419[2]
Position
Right ascension:07h38m [2]
Declination:+38°52' [2]
Constellation:Lynx
Magnitude:10.40 (V) [3]
Angular dimensions:4.5 arcmin
Distance:84.2 kpc
274.5 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-9.23

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