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2MASS-GC02

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2MASS-GC02 (also Hurt 2) is a globular cluster at a distance of about 13,000 light-years (4,000 pc) from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

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Further reading

  • Discovery paper:
    The Astronomical Journal, "Serendipitous 2MASS Discoveries near the Galactic Plane: A Spiral Galaxy and Two Globular Clusters", Robert L. Hurt, Tom H. Jarrett, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Roc M. Cutri, Stephen E. Schneider, Mike Skrutskie, Willem van Driel, Volume 120, Number 4, pp. 1876-1883, October 2000, doi:10.1086/301549 , Bibcode:2000AJ....120.1876H , arXiv:astro-ph/0006262
  • SIMBAD, [HJK2000+GC02#lab_bib HJK2000 GC02 -- Globular Cluster] (accessed January 2011)