Palomar 2

{{Short description|Globular cluster in the constellation Auriga}}

{{Sky|04|46|05.91|+|31|22|53.4}}

{{Infobox globular cluster

| name = Palomar 2

| image = 300px

| caption = Palomar 2 is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar clusters.

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| epoch = J2000

| magnitude = 13.04

| class = IV

| constellation = Auriga{{cite news|title=A unique cluster: one of the hidden 15|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1315a/|access-date=17 April 2013|newspaper=ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week}}

| ra = {{RA|04|46|05.91}}{{cite simbad|title=Cl Pal 2|accessdate=17 April 2013}}

| dec = {{DEC|+31|22|53.4}}

| dist_ly = 90000 ly

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| appmag_v = 13.04

| size_v = 2.2'

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| names = C 0443+313, Cl Pal 2, 2MASX J04460579+3122510, MCG+05-12-001

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Palomar 2 is a globular cluster located in the constellation of Auriga. It's part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar Globular Clusters, discovered in survey plates from the first National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey in the 1950s. However, Palomar 2 is one of the most obscured since we see it dimmed by nearly 3 full magnitudes{{Cite journal |last1=Bonatto |first1=Charles |last2=Chies-Santos |first2=Ana L. |date=2020-04-01 |title=Lifting the dust veil from the globular cluster Palomar 2 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=493 |issue=2 |pages=2688–2693 |doi=10.1093/mnras/staa510 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2002.08812 |bibcode=2020MNRAS.493.2688B |issn=0035-8711}} as it lies behind the Perseus Arm and Norma/Outer Arm of the Milky Way.