The EVAC Palomar Globular Cluster Observing Program
The Palomar globular clusters were
discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Observatory
Sky Survey (POSS). The list of astronomers who first identified the objects as
globular clusters includes some famous names, among them Edwin Hubble, Walter
Baade, Fritz Zwicky, Halton Arp and George Abell. Several of the Palomar
globulars--including Palomar 6, Palomar 7, Palomar 9, Palomar 10 and Palomar
11--are nearby clusters of average size that just happen to be heavily obscured
by dust in our line of sight. Others--including Palomar 3, Palomar 4, and
Palomar 14 --are giant globulars that are very far away in the extreme outer
halo of the Milky Way. Although the objects vary greatly in degree of
difficulty--from easy to nearly impossible--observing the whole list is a very
challenging observing project for owners of big telescopes.
To download this observing program for use in the following popular astronomy software applications, simply right-click the appropriate button and select Save Target As... from the menu. Navigate to the folder of your choice and click OK.
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Object |
Con |
RA |
Dec |
vMag |
Size |
Palomar 1 |
Cep |
03h 33m 58.3s |
+79° 36' 07" |
13.6 |
2.8' |
Palomar 2 |
Aur |
04h 46m 24.5s |
+31° 23' 35" |
13.0 |
2.2' |
Palomar 3 |
Sex |
10h 05m 31.4s |
00° 04' 17" |
13.9 |
1.6' |
Palomar 4 |
Uma |
11h 29m 33.7s |
+28° 56' 43" |
14.2 |
1.3' |
Palomar 5 |
Ser |
15h 16m 22.1s |
-00° 08' 03" |
11.8 |
3.2' |
Palomar 14 |
Her |
16h 11m 14.5s |
+14° 56' 44" |
14.7 |
8.4' |
Palomar 15 |
Oph |
17h 00m 7.9s |
-00° 33' 12" |
14.2 |
3.0' |
Palomar 6 |
Oph |
17h 44m 02.2s |
-26° 13' 39" |
11.6 |
1.2' |
Palomar 7 |
Ser |
18h 10m 44.2s |
-07° 12' 27" |
10.3 |
8.0' |
Palomar 8 |
Sgr |
18h 41m 48.9s |
-19° 49' 26" |
10.9 |
5.2' |
Palomar 9 |
Sgr |
18h 55m 06s |
-22° 42' 06" |
8.4 |
5.4' |
Palomar 10 |
Sge |
19h 18m 16.0s |
+18° 34' 32" |
13.2 |
4.0' |
Palomar 11 |
Aql |
19h 45m 31.0s |
-07° 59' 50" |
9.8 |
10.0' |
Palomar 12 |
Cap |
21h 46m 56.0s |
-21° 13' 44" |
11.7 |
2.9' |
Palomar 13 |
Peg |
23h 06m 58.5s |
+12° 47' 47" |
13.8 |
42" |