Instrument

Celestron C11 @  ~f/10.48 (2930 mm fl) 1.26 arcsec / pixel. 

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG STL-11000 w/ internal filter wheel, AstroDon Filters

Acquisition Data

3/4/2008 & 3/5/2008  Chino Valley... with CCDAutoPilot3

Exposure

Lum    38 min.  (38 x 1 bin 2x2)

RGB    27 min.  (9 x 1 bin 3x3) each

Software

CCDSoft, Sigma-Clip, Photoshop CS w/ the Fits Liberator plugin, and Noel Carboni's actions

North is to the top.

NGC 2419 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lynx. NGC 2419 is often called the "Intergalactic Wanderer" because of its very remote distance from the center of our galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 31, 1788. NGC 2419 is at a distance of about 300,000 light years away from the solar system and at the same distance from the galactic center. Now confirmed to be a member of our galaxy, its orbit brings it further away from galactic center than the Magellanic Clouds. At this great distance it takes three billion years to make one trip around the galaxy.