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| Catalogue and alternative designations | Palomar
8
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| Type | Globular cluster |
| Position | 18 41 30, -19 49 33 |
| Constellation | Sagittarius |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8 cm RCOS Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB image using Astrodon filters. Luminance = 90 minutes, Red = Green = Blue = 50 minutes. Luminance unbinned, colours binned 2x2. |
| Description | Palomar 8 is one of the brightest of the Palomar globular clusters and it's always been a mystery to me why it missed out on getting a NGC or IC designation as it's easily visible in quite a small telescope. The magnitude is 11.0 and the diameter is 5.2' |