Palomar 12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Capricornus, and is a member of the Palomar Globular Clusters group. First discovered on the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates by Robert George Harrington and Fritz Zwicky, it was initially catalogued as a globular cluster; however, Zwicky came to believe it was actually a nearby dwarf galaxy in the Local Group.
Palomar 12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Capricornus, and is a member of the Palomar Globular Clusters group. First discovered on the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey plates by Robert George Harrington and Fritz Zwicky, it was initially catalogued as a globular cluster; however, Zwicky came to believe it was actually a nearby dwarf galaxy in the Local Group.
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