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| Catalogue and alternative designations | Arp-Madore
1 (AM 1)
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| Type | Globular cluster |
| Position | 03 55 03, -49 36 52 |
| Constellation | Horologium |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB =165:100:100:100 with Astrodon filters filters.all unbinned |
| Description | This
a very distant globular cluster
studied by Halton Arp and Barry
Madore in 1979 (although it's
existence was known before
then). The distance is about
402,000 light years. The
apparent magnitude is 15.7 and
it is about 0.5 arcminutes in
diameter.
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