Dongwon Kim – Astronomy Now

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Wayward star cluster Kim 2 located far from home in the Galactic suburbs

4 March 2015 Astronomy Now

Researchers conducting the Stromlo Milky Way Satellites Survey at the Australian National University discover a small star cluster that is about ten times more distant than the average globular in the halo of the Milky Way.