Based on proper motion studies, this cluster was first suspected in 2000 to have been captured from the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG) about 1.7 Ga ago.
In 2000, based on observations of their movement, astronomers suspected that this cluster had originated within the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG), which is about 1.7 billion years old.