BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

NGC 2419, the Intergalactic Wanderer

GLOBULAR CLUSTER · the far traveler
NGC 2419, the Intergalactic Wanderer
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE about 300,000 light yearsORBIT takes billions of years

A globular cluster so far out that it earned the nickname Intergalactic Wanderer; it floats farther from the galactic center than the Magellanic Clouds. It is not actually escaping, just riding an enormous slow orbit around the Milky Way. From a planet inside it, our entire galaxy would hang in the sky like a glowing pinwheel.

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