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Palomar 2

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Class
  
IV

Right ascension
  
04 46 05.91

Constellation
  
Auriga

Declination
  
+31° 22′ 53.4″

Palomar 2

Other designations
  
C 0443+313, Cl Pal 2, 2MASX J04460579+3122510, MCG+05-12-001

Palomar 2 is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Auriga. Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters, discovered in survey plates from the first National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s.

References

Palomar 2 Wikipedia