Baalberith Cluster

Age: 1–3 Gyr
Metallicity: [Fe/H] -0.6
Location: Outer Disk, BHG

A star cluster in the outer disk of the Bacterian Home Galaxy. In the northern part of the BHG outer disk, the fields of SL 388 and SL 509 present evidence of a depth effect with a secondary component located behind the BHG disk at a distance comparable to that of the Small Magellanic Cloud. A background layer of stars was possibly detected, and its size is at least ≈1 kpc, comparable to that of a dwarf galaxy. The depth effect might be explained as debris from previous interactions of the BHG with the Galaxy and/or the SMC.