Constellation Gemini Declination +26° 15′ 18.0″ Apparent magnitude (V) 17.60 | Right ascension 07 58 17.0 Distance 113.1 kly (34.7 kpc) Radius approx. 3 pc (9.8 ly) | |
Koposov II is a low-luminosity globular cluster in the constellation Gemini in the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered, along with globular cluster Koposov I by S. Koposov et al. in 2007. Koposov I and Koposov II were described by their discoverers as the "lowest luminosity globular clusters orbiting the Milky Way," along with AM 4, Palomar 1, and Whiting 1.
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