NGC 2419 is an unusual globular cluster because it is so far away. It's out there orbiting the Milky Way beyond the Magellanic Clouds. It's also a great fit on Hubble's detectors because of its distance and large size, which is double great because there is a robust set of data in the archive, which made filling the chip gap rather trivial. Its nickname, Intergalactic Wanderer, is somewhat of a misnomer because it is orbiting rather than wandering (read the wiki article) but I think it's a great name and gives the cluster some character.
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{{Information |Description=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2419 NGC 2419] is an unusual globular cluster because it is so far away. It's out there orbiting the Milky Way beyond the Magellanic Clouds. It's also a great fit on Hubble's detectors becaus...