NGC 2298 [SEP] constellation
NGC 2298
NGC 2298 is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Puppis. Discovered by James Dunlop on May 30, 1826, it is probably a former member of the disputed Canis Major Dwarf galaxy.
External links.
- NGC 2298 at Wikisky
- NGC 2298 at Astrosurf
- NGC 2298 at Deepskypedia
azimuthal and vertical velocities of stars measured in the Gaia Mission. The stars that have merged with the Milky Way have orbits that are highly elongated. The outermost points of their orbits are around 20 kiloparsecs from the galactic centre at what is called the “halo break”.
Components.
The Sausage globular clusters are NGC 1851, NGC 1904, NGC 2298, NGC 2808 (possibly the old galactic core), NGC 5286, NGC 6864, NGC 6779, and NGC 7089.
The stars from this dwarf