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Key facts
- Class
- VII
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Right ascension
- 07 38 08.51
- Declination
- +38 ° 52 ′ 54.9 ″
- Distance
- 275 kly (from the Sun ) , 300 kly (from the GC ) (84.2 kpc ( Sun ) , 91.5 kpc (GC) )
- Apparent magnitude v
- +9.06
- Apparent dimensions v
- 6 ′
- Mass
- 9 × 10 M ☉
- Radius
- 260 ly
- Metallicity
- [ Fe/H ] = –2.14 dex
- Estimated age
- 12.3 Gyr
- Other designations
- GCl 112, Caldwell 25
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 0.083
- Image
- NGC 2419.jpg
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- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 1290
- Commons category
- NGC 2419
- declination
- 38.881917
- time of discovery or invention
- 1788-12-31
- apparent magnitude
- 10.371
- right ascension
- 114.535458
- radial velocity
- -20.0
- metallicity
- -2.06
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -6.29
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.19
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NGC 2419 (also known as Caldwell 25) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lynx. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 31, 1788. NGC 2419 is at a distance of about 300,000 light years from the Solar System and at the same distance from the Galactic Center.
NGC 2419 bears the nickname "the Intergalactic Wanderer," which was bestowed when it was erroneously thought not to be in orbit around the Milky Way. Its orbit takes it farther away from the galactic center than the Magellanic Clouds, but it can (with qualifications) be considered as part of the Milky Way. At this great distance it takes three billion years to make one trip around the galaxy.