Palomar globular clusters

The Palomar globular clusters are some of the faintest of all globular clusters in the Milky Way galaxy, and been discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). In total there are 15 Palomar globular clusters, which include Palomar 1, Palomar 2, Palomar 3, Palomar 4, Palomar 5, Palomar 6, Palomar 7, Palomar 8, Palomar 9, Palomar 10, Palomar 11, Palomar 12, Palomar 13, Palomar 14, and Palomar 15. Some Palomar Globulars, like Palomar 6, Palomar 7, Palomar 9, Palomar 10 and Palomar 11 are clusters of average size located nearby, yet obscured in our line of sight by dust. Other Palomar globulars, like Palomar 3, Palomar 4 and Palomar 14 are giants located in the far outer halo of the Milky Way. Some even originated from a different galaxy, such as Palomar 12 from the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, which is now known as a satellite of the Milky Way. Observation of different Palomar globulars greatly varies in the degree of difficulty depending on the cluster. Some are small and compact, others are very sparse, to the point where they may be hard to distinguish from foreground stars.