Mercer 3
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mercer-3-324-11005083
title:
Mercer 3
text:
Mercer 3, also known as GLIMPSE-C02, is a heavily obscured globular cluster embedded in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2008 in the data obtained by 2MASS and GLIMPSE infrared surveys, and independently characterized by two groups. The cluster is located in the Scutum constellation. It had avoided detection for such a long time due to the extremely strong foreground extinction in its direction reaching 24 magnitudes in the visible light. Mercer 3 is probably situated at th
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description:
Globular cluster in the constellation Scutum
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_3
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date modified:
2023-08-17T23:48:19Z
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13
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