This is a preliminary of tonight's work. See that rather faint group of stars in the middle of the image? It is called Palomar 4. Palomar 4 is over 350,000 light years away. It is a far-flung globular cluster gravitationally attached to our galaxy but over three times the galaxy's length away from it. Essentially, it is floating out in space by itself. The final image will be much better than this, but I am pretty excited just to know I caught it!
Astronomy and astrophotography by Val Ricks for the love of the sky and its Creator. For a better view, toggle F11 and turn off the lights.
March 28, 2009
Palomar 4 Prelim
This is a preliminary of tonight's work. See that rather faint group of stars in the middle of the image? It is called Palomar 4. Palomar 4 is over 350,000 light years away. It is a far-flung globular cluster gravitationally attached to our galaxy but over three times the galaxy's length away from it. Essentially, it is floating out in space by itself. The final image will be much better than this, but I am pretty excited just to know I caught it!
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