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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2023 April 13   
      
                         NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer   
                 Image Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, S. Larsen et al.   
      
      Explanation: Stars of the globular cluster NGC 2419 are packed into   
      this Hubble Space Telescope field of view toward the mostly stealthy   
      constellation Lynx. The two brighter spiky stars near the edge of the   
      frame are within our own galaxy. NGC 2419 itself is remote though, some   
      300,000 light-years away. In comparison, the Milky Way's satellite   
      galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, is only about 160,000 light-years   
      distant. Roughly similar to other large globular star clusters like   
      Omega Centauri, NGC 2419 is intrinsically bright, but appears faint   
      because it is so far away. Its extreme distance makes it difficult to   
      study and compare its properties with other globular clusters that roam   
      the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Sometimes called "the Intergalactic   
      Wanderer", NGC 2419 really does seem to have come from beyond the Milky   
      Way. Measurements of the cluster's motion through space suggest it once   
      belonged to the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy, another small   
      satellite galaxy being disrupted by repeated encounters with the much   
      larger Milky Way.   
      
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