List of globular clusters

This is a list of globular clusters. The apparent magnitude does not include an extinction correction.

Table

Milky Way

These are globular clusters within the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The diameter is in minutes of arc as seen from Earth. For reference, the J2000 epoch celestial coordinates of the Galactic Center are right ascension , declination . A high proportion of globular clusters are located in the Ophiuchus and Sagittarius constellations, both of which lie in the direction of the galactic core.

Local Group

See also

• Lists of astronomical objects

References

• http://physwww.mcmaster.ca/~harris/Databases.html
• Galactic Globular Clusters Database, from Marco Castellani (Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy)
• VizieR VII/202 – Globular Clusters in the Milky Way (Harris, 1997)
• An Atlas of the Universe, Richard Powell
• ARVAL Catalog of Bright Globular Clusters, Andrés Valencia and Arnaldo Arnal
• Djorgovski, S., and Meylan, G. 1993, in "Structure and Dynamics of Globular Clusters", ASP Conf. Ser. vol. 50, p. 325 http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/glob/glob.coords

External links

• LMC Clusters database, University of Cambridge.
• Catalog of Variable Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters, Christine Clement, University of Toronto.