Our galaxy has about 150 globular clusters, some of which may have been captured from small galaxies disrupted by the Milky Way, as seems to be the case for the globular cluster M79.
A nosa galaxia ten uns 150 cúmulos globulares, algúns dos cales puideron ser capturados a partir de pequenas galaxias que foron distorsionadas pola Vía Láctea, como parece ser o caso do cúmulo globular M79.