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What object(s) are furthest above/below the galactic plane?
Bochanski et al. (2014; "The Most Distant Stars in the Milky Way") reported the discovery of two stars -- ULAS J001535.72+015549.6 and ULAS J074417.48+253233.0 -- found to be M giants at ...
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What object(s) are furthest above/below the galactic plane?
Globular clusters orbit in the Galactic halo, and so are good candidates for being far above the disc. The globular cluster PSO J174.0675-10.8774 is the furthest, 470,000 light years distant, well ...
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