Milky Way Globular Clusters

This list contains all 157 Milky Way globular clusters known at the time of this writing (June, 2011), members of the halo of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Most of the data were taken from William E. Harris, with recent discoveries added from Hurt et.al. (2000) (2MASS-GC01 and 2MASS-GC02), Ortolani et.al. (2000) (ESO 280-SC06), Kobulnicky et.al. (2004) (GLIMPSE-C01), Ortolani et.al. (2006) (AL-3), Froebrich et.al. (2007) (FSR 1735), Koposov et.al. (2007) (Koposov 1 and 2), Kurtev et.al. (2008) (GLIMPSE-C02, see also Strader, Kobulnicky 2008 and Mercer et.al. 2005).
Update as of October 2011: Three new probable candidate globular clusters have been added in a "New" section, plus two investigated other candidates, from Ortolani et.al. (2009) (PWM78 2), Minniti et.al. (2011) (VVV CL001), and Moni Bidin et.al. (2011) (VVV CL002 plus former candidates VVV CL003, VVV CL004).
Update as of late 2018: Two further new probable candidate globulars have been added from Belokurov et.al. (2010) (Segue 3), and Laevens et.al. (2014) (Laevens 1, Crt Cl).

Note: This list includes the four globulars which are probably genuine members of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG), namely, M 54, Arp 2, Terzan 7 and Terzan 8. One justification is that those will probably be incorporated in our Galaxy's halo after the disruption of the dwarf galaxy. Another one, Palomar 12, now a dynamical member of the Milky Way halo, was probably captured from SagDEG at some earlier time.
It is also justified as it also contains the presumable four former members of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which was discovered in 2003 and is in an even more advanced state of disruption: M79, NGC 1851, NGC 2298, and NGC 2808. All these are now considered as members of the Galactic halo which recently "immigrated" from disrupted and cannibalized dwarf galaxies.

 M     NGC/IC  ID/Name/Crossref     Con        RA  (2000)   DEC       R_Sun   R_gc   m_v   dim
                                                                                     
         104   47 Tuc, Lac I.1      Tuc    00:24:05.67  -72:04:52.6    14.7   24.1   3.95  50.0 
         288   H 6.20               Scl    00:52:45.24  -26:34:57.4    29.0   39.1   8.09  13.0
         362   Dun 62               Tuc    01:03:14.26  -70:50:55.6    28.0   30.6   6.40  14.0
               Whiting 1            Cet    02:02:57     -03:15:10      98.1  112.5  15.03   1.2
        1261   Dun 337              Hor    03:12:16.21  -55:12:58.4    53.1   59.0   8.29   6.6
               Pal 1                Cep    03:33:20.04  +79:34:51.8    36.2   56.1  13.18   2.8
               E 1, AM 1            Hor    03:55:02.3   -49:36:55     402.0  406.2  15.72   0.5
               Eridanus             Eri    04:24:44.5   -21:11:13     293.7  309.7  14.70   1.0
               Pal 2                Aur    04:46:05.91  +31:22:53.4    88.7  114.1  13.04   2.2
        1851   Dun 508              Col    05:14:06.76  -40:02:47.6    39.4   54.1   7.14  12.0
M  79   1904                        Lep    05:24:11.09  -24:31:29.0    42.1   61.3   7.73   9.6
        2298   Dun 578              Pup    06:48:59.41  -36:00:19.1    35.2   51.5   9.29   5.0
        2419   H 1.218              Lyn    07:38:08.47  +38:52:56.8   269.3  293.1  10.41   4.6
               Koposov 2            Gem    07:58:17.0   +26:15:18     113.1  136.6  17.60  
               Pyxis                Pyx    09:07:57.8   -37:13:17     128.4  135.0  12.90   4.0
        2808   Dun 265              Car    09:12:03.10  -64:51:48.6    31.3   36.2   6.20  14.0
               E 3                  Cha    09:20:57.07  -77:16:54.8    26.4   29.7  11.35  10:
               Pal 3                Sex    10:05:31.9   +00:04:18     301.5  312.0  14.26   1.6
        3201   Dun 445              Vel    10:17:36.82  -46:24:44.9    16.0   28.7   6.75  20.0
               Pal 4                UMa    11:29:16.80  +28:58:24.9   354.4  362.5  14.20   1.3
               Koposov 1            Vir    11:59:18.5   +12:15:36     157.5  160.7  17.10  
        4147   H 1.19               Com    12:10:06.30  +18:32:33.5    62.9   69.8  10.32   4.4
        4372                        Mus    12:25:45.40  -72:39:32.4    18.9   23.1   7.24   5.0
               Rup 106              Cen    12:38:40.2   -51:09:01      69.1   60.3  10.90   2.0
M  68   4590                        Hya    12:39:27.98  -26:44:38.6    33.6   33.3   7.84  11.0
        4833   Lac I.4, Dun 164     Mus    12:59:33.92  -70:52:35.4    21.5   22.8   6.91  14.0
M  53   5024                        Com    13:12:55.25  +18:10:05.4    58.4   60.0   7.61  13.0
        5053   H 6.7                Com    13:16:27.09  +17:42:00.9    56.7   58.0   9.47  10.0
        5139   Omega Cen, Lac I.5   Cen    13:26:47.24  -47:28:46.5    17.0   20.9   3.68  55.0
M   3   5272                        CVn    13:42:11.62  +28:22:38.2    33.3   39.1   6.19  18.0
        5286   Dun 388              Cen    13:46:26.81  -51:22:27.3    38.1   29.0   7.34  11.0
               AM 4                 Hya    13:56:21.7   -27:10:03     105.0   90.6  15.88   3.0
        5466   H 6.9                Boo    14:05:27.29  +28:32:04.0    52.2   53.1   9.04   9.0
        5634   H 1.70               Vir    14:29:37.23  -05:58:35.1    82.2   69.1   9.47   5.5
        5694   H 2.196              Hya    14:39:36.29  -26:32:20.2   114.1   95.8  10.17   4.3
       I4499                        Aps    15:00:18.45  -82:12:49.3    61.3   51.2   9.76   8.0
        5824                        Lup    15:03:58.63  -33:04:05.6   104.6   84.4   9.09   7.4
               Pal 5                SerCp  15:16:05.25  -00:06:41.8    75.6   60.6  11.75   8.0
        5897   H 6.8, H 6.19        Lib    15:17:24.50  -21:00:37.0    40.8   24.1   8.53  11.0
M   5   5904                        SerCp  15:18:33.22  +02:04:51.7    24.4   20.2   5.65  23.0
        5927   Dun 389              Lup    15:28:00.69  -50:40:22.9    25.1   15.0   8.01   6.0
        5946                        Nor    15:35:28.52  -50:39:34.8    34.6   18.9   9.61   3.0
               BH 176               Nor    15:39:07.45  -50:03:09.8    61.6   42.1  14.00   3.0
        5986   Dun 552              Lup    15:46:03.00  -37:47:11.1    33.9   15.6   7.52   9.6
               Pal 14, AvdB         Her    16:11:00.6   +14:57:28     249.4  233.4  14.74   2.5
               Lynga 7              Nor    16:11:03.65  -55:19:04.0    26.1   14.0  10.18  
M  80   6093                        Sco    16:17:02.41  -22:58:33.9    32.6   12.4   7.33  10.0
M   4   6121   Lac I.9              Sco    16:23:35.22  -26:31:32.7     7.2   19.2   5.63  36.0
        6101   Dun 68               Aps    16:25:48.12  -72:12:07.9    50.2   36.5   9.16   5.0
        6144   H 6.10               Sco    16:27:13.86  -26:01:24.6    29.0    8.8   9.01   7.4
        6139   Dun 536              Sco    16:27:40.37  -38:50:55.5    32.9   11.7   8.99   8.2
               Terzan 3             Sco    16:28:40.08  -35:21:12.5    26.7    8.1  12.00   3.0
M 107   6171   H 6.40               Oph    16:32:31.86  -13:03:13.6    20.9   10.8   7.93  13.0
               1636-283,ESO452-SC11 Sco    16:39:25.45  -28:23:55.3    27.1    6.8  12.00   1.2
M  13   6205                        Her    16:41:41.24  +36:27:35.5    23.1   27.4   5.78  20.0
        6229   H 4.50               Her    16:46:58.79  +47:31:39.9    99.4   97.1   9.39   4.5
M  12   6218                        Oph    16:47:14.18  -01:56:54.7    15.6   14.7   6.70  16.0
               FSR 1735, 2MASS-GC03 Ara    16:52:10.6   -47:03:29      31.9   12.1  12.90   0.8
        6235   H 2.584              Oph    16:53:25.31  -22:10:38.8    37.5   13.7   9.97   5.0
M  10   6254                        Oph    16:57:09.05  -04:06:01.1    14.3   15.0   6.60  20.0
        6256                        Sco    16:59:32.62  -37:07:17.0    33.6    9.8  11.29   4.1
               Pal 15, Zwicky 1     Oph    16:59:51.0   -00:32:20     147.0  125.2  14.00   3.0
M  62   6266   Dun 627              Oph    17:01:12.80  -30:06:49.4    22.2    5.5   6.45  15.0
M  19   6273                        Oph    17:02:37.80  -26:16:04.7    28.7    5.5   6.77  17.0
        6284   H 6.11               Oph    17:04:28.51  -24:45:53.5    49.9   24.4   8.83   6.2
        6287   H 2.195              Oph    17:05:09.13  -22:42:30.1    30.6    6.8   9.35   4.8
        6293   H 6.12               Oph    17:10:10.20  -26:34:55.5    31.0    6.2   8.22   8.2
        6304   H 1.147              Oph    17:14:32.25  -29:27:43.3    19.2    7.5   8.22   8.0
        6316   H 1.45               Oph    17:16:37.30  -28:08:24.4    33.9    8.5   8.43   5.4
M  92   6341                        Her    17:17:07.39  +43:08:09.4    27.1   31.3   6.44  14.0
        6325                        Oph    17:17:59.21  -23:45:57.6    25.4    3.6  10.33   4.1
M   9   6333                        Oph    17:19:11.26  -18:30:57.4    25.8    5.5   7.72  12.0
        6342   H 1.149              Oph    17:21:10.08  -19:35:14.7    27.7    5.5   9.66   4.4
        6356   H 1.48               Oph    17:23:34.93  -17:48:46.9    49.2   24.4   8.25  10.0
        6355   H 1.46               Oph    17:23:58.59  -26:21:12.3    30.0    4.6   9.14   4.2
        6352   Dun 417              Ara    17:25:29.11  -48:25:19.8    18.3   10.8   7.96   9.0
       I1257                        Oph    17:27:08.5   -07:05:35      81.5   58.4  13.10   5.0 
               Terzan 2, HP 3       Sco    17:27:33.10  -30:48:08.4    24.4    2.6  14.29   0.6
        6366                        Oph    17:27:44.24  -05:04:47.5    11.4   16.3   9.20  13.0
               Terzan 4, HP 4       Sco    17:30:39.00  -31:35:43.9    23.5    3.3  16.00   0.7 
               HP 1, BH 229         Oph    17:31:05.2   -29:58:54      26.7    1.6  11.59   1.2
        6362   Dun 225              Ara    17:31:54.99  -67:02:54.0    24.8   16.6   7.73  15.0
               Liller 1             Sco    17:33:24.50  -33:23:20.4    26.7    2.6  16.77  12.6
        6380   Ton 1, Dun 538?      Sco    17:34:28.0   -39:04:09      35.5   10.8  11.31   3.6
               Terzan 1, HP 2       Sco    17:35:47.8   -30:28:11      21.8    4.2  15.90   2.4
               Ton 2, Pismis 26     Sco    17:36:10.5   -38:33:12      26.7    4.6  12.24   2.2
        6388   Dun 457              Sco    17:36:17.23  -44:44:07.8    32.3   10.1   6.72  10.4
M  14   6402                        Oph    17:37:36.10  -03:14:45.3    30.3   13.0   7.59  11.0
        6401   H 1.44               Oph    17:38:36.60  -23:54:34.2    34.6    8.8   9.45   4.8
        6397   Lac III.11, Dun 366  Ara    17:40:42.09  -53:40:27.6     7.5   19.6   5.73  31.0
               Pal 6                Oph    17:43:42.2   -26:13:21      18.9    7.2  11.55   1.2
        6426   H 2.587              Oph    17:44:54.65  +03:10:12.5    67.2   46.9  11.01   4.2
               Djorg 1              Sco    17:47:28.3   -33:03:56      44.7   18.6  13.60      
               Terzan 5, Terzan 11  Sgr    17:48:04.80  -24:46:45      22.5    3.9  13.85   2.4
        6440   H 1.150              Sgr    17:48:52.70  -20:21:36.9    27.7    4.2   9.20   4.4
        6441   Dun 557              Sco    17:50:13.06  -37:03:05.2    37.8   12.7   7.15   9.6
               Terzan 6, HP 5       Sco    17:50:46.38  -31:16:31.4    22.2    4.2  13.85   1.4
        6453                        Sco    17:50:51.70  -34:35:57.0    37.8   12.1  10.08   7.6
               UKS 1, UKS 1751-241  Sgr    17:54:27.2   -24:08:43      25.4    2.3  17.29   2.0
        6496   Dun 460              Sco    17:59:03.68  -44:15:57.4    36.8   13.7   8.54   5.6
               Terzan 9             Sgr    18:01:38.8   -26:50:23      23.1    3.6  16.00   0.2
               Djorg 2, E456-SC38   Sgr    18:01:49.1   -27:49:33      20.5    5.9   9.90   9.9
        6517   H 2.199              Oph    18:01:50.52  -08:57:31.6    34.6   13.7  10.23   4.0
        6522   H 1.49               Sgr    18:03:34.02  -30:02:02.3    25.1    2.0   8.27   9.4
               Terzan 10            Sgr    18:03:36.4   -26:04:21      18.9    7.5  14.90   1.5
        6535                        SerCd  18:03:50.51  -00:17:51.5    22.2   12.7  10.47   3.4
        6528   H 2.200              Sgr    18:04:49.64  -30:03:22.6    25.8    2.0   9.60   5.0
        6539                        SerCd  18:04:49.68  -07:35:09.1    25.4    9.8   9.33   7.9
        6540   H 2.198, Djorg 3     Sgr    18:06:08.6   -27:45:55      17.3    9.1   9.30   1.5
        6544   H 2.197              Sgr    18:07:20.58  -24:59:50.4     9.8   16.6   7.77   9.2
        6541   Dun 473              CrA    18:08:02.36  -43:42:53.6    24.4    6.8   6.30  15.0
               2MASS-GC01           Sgr    18:08:21.81  -19:49:47      11.7   14.7  27.74   3.3
               ESO 280-SC06         Ara    18:09:06.0   -46:25:23      69.8   45.6  12.00   1.5
        6553   H 4.12               Sgr    18:09:17.60  -25:54:31.3    19.6    7.2   8.06   9.2
               2MASS-GC02           Sgr    18:09:36.50  -20:46:44      16.0   10.4  24.60   1.9
        6558                        Sgr    18:10:17.60  -31:45:50.0    24.1    3.3   9.26   4.2
       I1276   Pal 7                SerCd  18:10:44.20  -07:12:27.4    17.6   12.1  10.34   8.0
               Terzan 12            Sgr    18:12:15.8   -22:44:31      15.6   11.1  15.63   1.0
        6569   H 2.201, Dun 619     Sgr    18:13:38.80  -31:49:36.8    35.5   10.1   8.55   6.4
               AL 3                 Sgr    18:14:06.6   -28:38:06      21.2    5.5  11.00   1.3
               GLIMPSE-C02,Mercer 3 Sgr    18:18:30.5   -16:58:38      17.9    9.8         
        6584   Dun 376              Tel    18:18:37.60  -52:12:56.8    44.0   22.8   8.27   6.6
        6624   H 1.50               Sgr    18:23:40.51  -30:21:39.7    25.8    3.9   7.87   8.8
M  28   6626   Lac I.11             Sgr    18:24:32.81  -24:52:11.2    17.9    8.8   6.79  11.2
        6638   H 1.51               Sgr    18:30:56.10  -25:29:50.9    30.6    7.2   9.02   7.3
M  69   6637   Lac I.12, Dun 613    Sgr    18:31:23.10  -32:20:53.1    28.7    5.5   7.64   9.8
        6642   H 2.205              Sgr    18:31:54.10  -23:28:30.7    26.4    5.5   9.13   5.8
        6652                        Sgr    18:35:45.63  -32:59:26.6    32.6    8.8   8.62   6.0
M  22   6656                        Sgr    18:36:23.94  -23:54:17.1    10.4   16.0   5.10  32.0
               Pal 8                Sgr    18:41:29.9   -19:49:33      41.7   17.9  11.02   5.2
M  70   6681   Dun 614              Sgr    18:43:12.76  -32:17:31.6    29.3    7.2   7.87   8.0
               GLIMPSE-C01          Aql    18:48:49.7   -01:29:50      13.7   16.0  22.24  
        6712   H 1.47               Sct    18:53:04.30  -08:42:22.0    22.5   11.4   8.10   9.8
M  54   6715   Dun 624              Sgr    18:55:03.33  -30:28:47.5    86.4   61.6   7.60  12.0
        6717   H 3.143, Pal 9       Sgr    18:55:06.04  -22:42:05.3    23.1    7.8   9.28   5.4
        6723   Dun 573              Sgr    18:59:33.15  -36:37:56.1    28.4    8.5   7.01  13.0
        6749   Berkeley 42          Aql    19:05:15.3   +01:54:03      25.8   16.3  12.44   4.0
        6752   Dun 295              Pav    19:10:52.11  -59:59:04.4    13.0   17.0   5.40  29.0
        6760                        Aql    19:11:12.01  +01:01:49.7    24.1   15.6   8.88   9.6
M  56   6779                        Lyr    19:16:35.57  +30:11:00.5    30.6   30.0   8.27   8.8
               Terzan 7             Sgr    19:17:43.92  -34:39:27.8    74.3   50.9  12.00   1.2
               Pal 10               Sge    19:18:02.1   +18:34:18      19.2   20.9  13.22   4.0
               Arp 2                Sgr    19:28:44.11  -30:21:20.3    93.2   69.8  12.30   2.3
M  55   6809   Lac I.14, Dun 620    Sgr    19:39:59.71  -30:57:53.1    17.6   12.7   6.32  19.0
               Terzan 8             Sgr    19:41:44.41  -33:59:58.1    85.7   63.2  12.40   3.5
               Pal 11               Aql    19:45:14.4   -08:00:26      43.7   26.7   9.80  10.0
M  71   6838                        Sge    19:53:46.49  +18:46:45.1    13.0   21.8   8.19   7.2
M  75   6864                        Sgr    20:06:04.69  -21:55:16.2    68.1   47.9   8.52   6.8
        6934   H 1.103              Del    20:34:11.37  +07:24:16.1    50.9   41.7   8.83   7.1
M  72   6981                        Aqr    20:53:27.70  -12:32:14.3    55.4   42.1   9.27   6.6
        7006   H 1.52               Del    21:01:29.38  +16:11:14.4   134.3  125.5  10.56   3.6
M  15   7078                        Peg    21:29:58.33  +12:10:01.2    33.9   33.9   6.20  18.0
M   2   7089                        Aqr    21:33:27.02  -00:49:23.7    37.5   33.9   6.47  16.0
M  30   7099                        Cap    21:40:22.12  -23:10:47.5    26.4   23.1   7.19  12.0
               Pal 12, Cap Dwarf    Cap    21:46:38.84  -21:15:09.4    61.9   51.5  11.99   2.9
               Pal 13               Peg    23:06:44.44  +12:46:19.2    84.8   87.7  13.47   0.7
        7492   H 3.558              Aqr    23:08:26.63  -15:36:41.4    85.7   82.5  11.29   4.2

Key:

M, NGC/IC, ID/Name/Crossref:: Messier number, NGC or IC number, and other identification or name.
Identifications (also see Globular Cluster Catalogs):
Lac: Lacaille; H: William Herschel; AL: Andrews-Lindsay; AM: Arp-Madore; AvdB: Arp-Van den Bergh; BH: Van den Bergh-Hagen (vdB-Ha); Djorg: Djorgovski; Dun: Dunlop; E: ESO (B); FSR: Froebrich-Scholz-Raftery; HP: Haute-Provence; Pal: Palomar; Rup: Ruprecht; Ton: Tonantzintla; Arp; Berkeley; ESO; Liller; Lynga; Pismis; Terzan; UKS; Whiting
Con:: Constellation
RA, Dec (2000):: Right Ascension and Declination for epoch 2000.0
R_Sun, R_gc:: Distance from our Sun and the Galactic Center in thousands of lightyears (kly)
m_v:: Apparent visual magnitude
dim:: Apparent dimension in arc minutes

References:

D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger and A. Scholz, 2007. FSR 1735 - A new globular cluster candidate in the inner Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 377, Issue 1, pp. L54-L58 (May 2007) [ADS: 2007MNRAS.377L..54F] -- [Preprint: astro-ph/0703318] Discovery announce of FSR-1735.
W.E. Harris, 1996-1999. Catalog of Parameters for Milky Way Globular Clusters. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 112, pp. 1487-1488 [ADS: 1996AJ....112.1487H]. Revision of June 22, 1999, February 2003. and December 2010. Available online, also see references and the potentially more current original site.
R.J. Hurt et.al., 2000. Serendipitous 2MASS Discoveries near the Galactic Plane: A Spiral Galaxy and Two Globular Clusters. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 120, Issue 4, pp. 1876-1883 (10/2000). [ADS: 2000AJ....120.1876H] -- [Preprint: astro-ph/0006262] Discovery announce of two new globulars, 2MASS-GC01 and 2MASS-GC02.
Henry Kobulnicky, B.L. Babler, T.M. Bania, R.A. Benjamin, B.A. Buckalew, R. Canterna, E. Churchwell, D. Clemens, M. Cohen, J.M. Darnel, J.M. Dickey, R. Indebetouw, J.M. Jackson, A. Kutyrev, A.P. Marston, J.S. Mathis, M.R. Meade, E.P. Mercer, A.J. Monson, J.P. Norris, M.J. Pierce, R. Shah, J.R. Stauffer, S.R. Stolovy, B. Uzpen, C. Watson, B.A. Whitney, M.J. Wolff, and M.G. Wolfire, 2004. Newfound Star Cluster may be final Milky Way 'Fossil.' Spitzer Science Center News Release 2004-16. Discovery announce of the new globular GLIMPSE-C01.
S. Koposov, J.T.A. de Jong, H.-W. Rix, D.B. Zucker, N.W. Evans, G. Gilmore, M.J. Irwin, E.F. Bell, 2007. The discovery of two extremely low luminosity Milky Way globular clusters. Astrophysical Journal, Volume 669, Issue 1, pp. 337-342 (Nov 2007) [ADS: 2007ApJ...669..337K] -- [Preprint: arXiv:0706.0019[astro-ph]] Discovery paper of Koposov 1 and Koposov 2.
R. Kurtev, V.D. Ivanov, J. Borissova, and S. Ortolani, 2008. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 489, p. 583. [ADS: 2008A&A...489..583K] -- [Preprint: arXiv:0808.1565 [astro-ph]] Discovery of GLIMPSE-C02.
E.P. Mercer et.al., 2005 New Star Clusters Discovered in the GLIMPSE Survey. Astrophysical Journal, Volume 635, Issue 1, pp. 560-569 (Dec 2005) [ADS: 2005ApJ...635..560M]. Contains 92 new presumably new star clusters including globular Mercer 3 (= GLIMPSE-C02) and candidate Mercer 5.
S. Ortolani, E. Bica and B. Barbuy (2000). ESO 280-SC06: a new globular cluster in the Galaxy. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 361, pp. L57-L59 (September 2000). [ADS: 2000A&A...361L..57O] Discovery announce of the new globular, ESO 280-SC06.
S. Ortolani, E. Bica and B. Barbuy, 2006. AL 3 (BH 261): a new globular cluster in the Galaxy. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 646, Issue 2, pp. L115-L118 (August 2006) [ADS: 2006ApJ...646L.115O] - [Preprint: astro-ph/0606718]. Discovery announce of the globular nature of AL-3.

New probable candidate globular clusters (2018):

 ID/Name             Con    RA (2000) Dec       R_Sun   m_v   dim  Source

Laevens 1, Crt Cl    Crt  11:36:16.20 -10:52:38.8 470    17.5 1.3  Laevens et.al. 2014
VVV CL002            Oph  17:41:06 -28:50:42                       Moni Bidin et.al. 2011
VVV CL001            Sgr  17:54:42 -24:00:53                       Minniti et.al. 2011
PWM78 2 Pfleiderer 2 Oph  17:58.7  -05:04                     2.0  U2000.0 2nd ed, Archinal/Hynes 2003; Ortolani 2009; Harris (2010) candidate
Segue 3              Peg  21:21:31.0  +19:07:02    55.1  14.9 1.3  Belukorov et.al. 2010

Possible further globular cluster candidates according to Harris (2010):

 ID/Name             Con    RA (2000) Dec       R_Sun   m_v   dim  Source

FSR 584              Cas  02:27:15 +61:37:28                       Bica et.al. 2007
Segue 1              Leo  10:07:04 +12:47:30      75.0 14.7   4.5  Berokurov et.al. 2007
Willman 1            UMa  10:49.4  +51:03        147   15.3   1.75 Willman 2004/5; GC or dSph?
SDSSJ1257+3419       CVn  12:57:10 +34:19:12                       Sakamoto/Hasegawa 2006
FSR 1716             Nor  16:10:29 -53:44:48                       Froebrich et.al 2008b
FSR 1767             Sco  17:35:43 -36:21:28      4.9  18.6        Bonatto et.al. 2007
FSR 190              Cyg  20:05:31 +33:34:09                       Froebrich et.al 2008a

Other possible further globular cluster candidates:

Schuster 1           Vel  10:04.6  -55:51                     1.3  Archinal/Hynes 2003
Rup 101, FSR 1603    Cru  12:09:45 -62:59:49           13.0  15.0  Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007
Alessi J12130-6242   Cru  12:13.0  -42:42                     0.8  Archinal/Hynes 2003
FSR 1703             Lup  15:41:55 -54:59:48                       Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007
FSR 0001             Oph  17:32:22 -27:03:39                       Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007
FSR 0002             Oph  17:32:32 -27:03:51                       Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007
VVV CL003            Oph  17:38:55 -29:54:25                       Moni Bidin et.al. 2011; probably open cluster
Mercer 5             Sct  18:23:19 -13:40.0      17.9    -    1.2  Longmore et.al. 2011
FSR 0055, [BDS2003]8 Sct  18:24:42 -13:23:40                       Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007

New Candidates (2012-2018)

Munoz 1                                                            2012
Kronberger 49                                                      2012
Balbinot 1                                                         2013
VVV-CL110                                                          2014
VVV-CL128                                                          2014
VVV-CL131                                                          2014
VVV-CL143                                                          2014
VVV-CL150                                                          2014
Kim 1                                                              2014
Eri III                                                            2015
Kim 2                                                              2015
Laevens 3                                                          2015
DES 1                                                              2016
Kim 3                                                              2016
Gaia 2                                                             2017
Minniti 01                                                         2017
Minniti 02                                                         2017
Minniti 03                                                         2017
Minniti 04                                                         2017
Minniti 05                                                         2017
Minniti 06                                                         2017
Minniti 07                                                         2017
Minniti 08                                                         2017
Minniti 09                                                         2017
Minniti 10                                                         2017
Minniti 11                                                         2017
Minniti 12                                                         2017
Minniti 13                                                         2017
Minniti 14                                                         2017
Minniti 15                                                         2017
Minniti 16                                                         2017
Minniti 17                                                         2017
Minniti 18                                                         2017
Minniti 19                                                         2017
Minniti 20                                                         2017
Minniti 21                                                         2017
Minniti 22                                                         2017
Sgr II                                                             2015, 2018
Camargo 1102                                                       2018
Camargo 1103                                                       2018
Camargo 1104                                                       2018
Camargo 1105                                                       2018
Camargo 1106                                                       2018
RLGC1                                                              2018
RLGC2                                                              2018

References:

V. Berokurov, D.B. Zucker, N.W. Evans, J.T. Kleyna, S. Koposov, S.T. Hodgkin, M.J. Irwin, G. Gilmore, M.I. Wilkinson, M. Fellhauer, D.M. Bramich, P.C. Hewett, S. Vidrir, J.T.A. de Jong, J.A. Smith, H.-W. Rix, E.F. Bell, R.F.G. Wyse, H.J. Newberg, P.A. Mayeur, B. Yanny, C.M. Rockosi, O.Y. Gnedin, D.P. Schneider, T.C. Beers, J.C. Barentine, H. Brewington, J. Brinkmann, M. Harvanek, S.J. Kleinman, J. Krzesinski, D. Long, A. Nitta, S.A. Sneddon, 2007. Cats and Dogs, Hair and a Hero: A Quintet of New Milky Way Companions. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 654, Issue 2, pp. 897-906 (January 2007) [ADS: 2007ApJ...654..897B] -- [Preprint: astro-ph/0608448] Discovery announce of Segue 1.
V. Belukorov, M.G. Walker, N.W. Evans, G. Gilmore, M.J. Irwin, D. Just, S. Koposov, M. Mateo, E. Olszewski, L. Watkins, and L. Wyrzykowski, 2010. Big Fish, Little Fish: Two New Ultra-faint Satellites of the Milky Way. Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 712, Issue 1, pp. L103-L106 (Mar 2010) [ADS: 2010ApJ...712L.103B] -- [Preprint: arXiv:1002.0504 [astro-ph.GA]]. Discovery announce of Segue 3 (and Local Group dwarf galaxy Pisces II).
E. Bica, C. Bonatto, S. Ortolani, and B. Barbuy, 2007. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 472, p. 483. Nature of FSR 584.
C. Bonatto, E. Bica, S. Ortolani and B. Barbuy, 2007. FSR 1767 - a new globular cluster in the Galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 381, p. L45. [ADS: 2007MNRAS..381L..45B] [Preprint: arXiv:0708.0501[astro-ph]] Discovery announce of FSR-1767.
D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger, and C. Davis, 2008a. MNRAS, Vol. 383, p. L45. Nature of FSR 190.
D. Froebrich, H. Meusinger, and A. Scholz, 2008b. MNRAS, Vol. 390, p. 1598. Nature of FSR 1716.
Benjamin P.M. Laevens et.al., 2014. A New Distant Milky Way Globular Cluster in the Pan-STARRS1 3 Pi Survvey. Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 786, Issue 1, article id. L3, 6 pp. [ADS: 2014ApJ...786L...3L] -- [Preprint: arxiv:1403.6593 [astro-ph.GA]]. Discovery announce of Laevens 1.
A.J. Longmore et.al., 2011. Mercer 5: a probable new globular cluster in the Galactic bulge. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 416, Issue 1, pp. 465-478 (Sep 2011) [ADS: 2011MNRAS.416..465L]. Discovery announce of candidate GC Mercer 5 ([MCM2005b] 5).
D. Minniti, M. Hempel, I. Toledo, V.D. Ivanov, J. Alonso-Garcia, R.K. Saito, M. Catelan, D. Geisler, A. Jordán, J. Borissova, M. Zoccali, R. Kurtev, G. Carraro, B. Barbuy, J. Clariá, M. Rejkuba, J. Emerson, and C. Moni Bidin, 2011. Discovery of VVV CL001. A low-mass globular cluster next to UKS 1 in the direction of the Galactic bulge. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 527, pp. 81-84 (03/2011). [ADS: 2011A&A...527A..81M] - [Preprint: arXiv:1012.2450 [astro-ph.GA]]. Discovery announce of VVV CL001.
C. Moni Bidin, F. Mauro, D. Geisler, D. Minniti, M. Catelan, M. Hempel, E. Valenti, A.A.R. Valcarce, J. Alonso-Garcia, J. Borissova, G. Carraro, P. Lucas, A.-N. Chené, M. Zoccali, R.G. Kurtev, 2011. Three Galactic globular cluster candidates. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. [Preprint: arXiv:1109.1854 [astro-ph.GA]] Discovery announce of VVV CL002 (GC), VVV CL003 (probable OC), and VVV CL004 (no cluster).
S. Ortolani, C. Bonatto, E. Bica, and B. Barbuy, 2009. Pfleiderer 2: Identification of A New Globular Cluster in the Galaxy. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 138, issue 3, pp. 889-894 (September 2009). [ADS: 2009AJ....138..889O] - [Preprint: arXiv:0907.1225 [astro-ph.GA]]. Nature of PWM78 2 = Pfleiderer 2.
T. Sakamoto and T. Hasegawa, 2006. Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 653, p. L29. Nature of SDSSJ1257+3419.
Jay Strader and Henry A. Kobulnicky, 2008. A Probable New Globular Cluster in the Galactic Disk. Astronomical Journal, Volume 136, Issue 5, pp. 2102-2106 (Nov 2008) [ADS: 2008AJ....136.2102S] -- [Preprint: arXiv:0808.1719 [astro-ph]]. Discovery announce of Mercer 3 ([MCM2005b] 3).
B. Willman et.al., 2005. Astronomical Journal, Vol. 129, p. 2692. Discovery announce of Willman 1.

Former globular cluster candidates:

 ID/Name              Con   RA  (2000)  Dec       R_Sun  m_v   dim  Source

Schuster-West GC      Phe  01:51.1    -44:27             13.4  4.9  Schuster/West 1976; Phoenix Dwarf Local Group galaxy
Deutsch's Object      Ari  02:37.0    +21:06                        Deutsch 1963 (1963ATsir.259....1D), GCL 4
NGC 1466              Hyi  03:44.5    -71:41      166    11.4  1.9  Webbink 1985; in LMC
Reticulum Glob. Cl.   Ret  04:36.2    -58:52      160    14.25 1.7  Webbink 1985, Djorgovsky/Meylan 1993; in LMC
NGC 1841              Men  04:45.     -84:00             14.1  2.4  Sawyer 1947, 1959, Webbink 1985, GCL 8; in LMC
NGC 2158              Gem  06:07.5    +24:06              8.6  5.0  Sawyer 1959, Rosino 1954; Open Cluster
AM-2                  Pup  07:46.8    -33:51                        Webbink 1985, Djorgovsky/Meylan 1993; Open Cluster
UKS 2, UKS 0923-54.5  Vel  09:24.6    -54:43                        ESO 166-SC11; SC 2000.0, Webbink 1985; Open Cluster
Russ, Shak, SAHB      UMa  10:54.8    +40:28                        Saywer 1959, Shakhbazian 1957, GCL 16; Group of Galaxies
ESO 093-SC?08         Mus  11:19.7    -65:13                        Webbink 1985; Asterism or Open Cluster
SSWZ94 4              Cru  12:14:04.6 -63:35:37                1.0  Uranometria 2000.0 2nd ed
TJ 5                  Oph  17:11:15   -27:11.6                      Terzan/Ju 1980, Webbink 1985
FSR 1755              Sco  17:12:20   -38:27:44                     Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007; young open cluster
TJ 16 = TJB 2         Oph  17:18:29   -27:46.5                      Terzan/Bernard/Ju 1978, Terzan/Ju 1980, Webbink 1985
TJ 15                 Oph  17:18:31   -26:17.9                      Terzan/Ju 1980, Webbink 1985
TJ 17 = TJB 1         Oph  17:18:41   -27:50.2                      Terzan/Bernard/Ju 1978, Terzan/Ju 1980, Webbink 1985
Bica 1                Oph  17:24.9    -24:18                        Bica 1994, AA 285, 868
Grindlay 1            Sco  17:32.0    -33:50       32:              SC 2000.0
TJ 23                 Sco  17:45:11   -32:46.3                      Terzan/Ju 1980, Webbink 1985
Pavo Cluster          Pav  17:50.2    -60:46             15.1  0.5  Becvar, Sawyer 1947; Shapley
VVV CL004             Sgr  17:54:32   -22:13:38                     Moni Bidin et.al. 2011; probably no cluster
Kodeira 1             Ser  18:12:26.7 -12:04:12                     Kodaira 1983, Webbink 1985; probably Red Star
FSR 0089              Aql  18:48:39   -03:30:34                     Froebrich/Scholz/Raftery 2007; old open cl
NGC 6684              Pav  18:49.0    -65:11             10.5  3.7  Sawyer 1947, GCL 102
NGC 6941              Aql  20:36.3    -04:38             12.8  2.0  GCL 117.1

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