Recently I stumbled into a mention of the discovery of the most metal-poor globular cluster, which beats the previous record by a quite significant margin and even challenges some ideas about the formation of galaxies and star clusters. The globular cluster in question is known as RBC EXT8 and orbits the Andromeda Galaxy. The weather has been awful around here for a long while now, but I looked into my old photos of the Andromega galaxy and sure enough, the cluster was visible in one of them. Instead of 'X', a red arrow marks the spot.

The actual visible disc of the Andromeda Galaxy is up and right from this crop.

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