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Globular Cluster in Eridanus

Image Info

Imaged 20090119 with 31.5 cm f/4.5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
400 video frames each sector with no filter


Object Info

AKA: ESO 551-SC 01. Brightest star in field is TYC 5896-39-1 Mag 8.3

This is the one that triggered my search for all the Milky Way globulars.
It started when I found a globular cluster symbol on page 313 of Uranometrica marked 'Eridanus Cluster' but no other identification.
A bit of research showed it to be one of the more distant remote globular clusters bound to the Milky Way galaxy.
Distance is just under 300,000 Light Years. This sparked me on a search to find and try to image all the other not so common globular clusters.