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Keywords: globular cluster, blue stragglers
NGC 1850: в Млечном Пути таких нет APOD: 2023 February 20 Б NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
19.02.2023

There is nothing like this ball of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. This is surprising because, at first glance, this featured image by the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that star cluster NGC 1850...



Миллионы звезд в ω Центавра Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
2.06.2021

Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume about 150 light-years in diameter.



Цветные облака около Ро Змееносца The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
4.07.2016

The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the star Rho Ophiuchi and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light.



M13: огромное шаровое скопление в Геркулесе M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
3.08.2022

In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course...



Миллионы звезд в ω Центавра Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri
15.03.2023

Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume about 150 light-years in diameter.



Огромное шаровое скопление в Геркулесе The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
25.09.2024

In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course...



Шаровое звездное скопление NGC 6752 Globular Star Cluster NGC 6752
24.10.2024

Some 13,000 light-years away toward the southern constellation Pavo, the globular star cluster NGC 6752 roams the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Over 10 billion years old, NGC 6752 follows clusters Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae, and Messier 22 as the fourth brightest globular in planet Earth's night sky.



Мессье 2 Messier 2
3.04.2019

After the Crab Nebula, M1, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous list of things with are not comets. M2 is one of the largest globular star clusters now known to roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy.



M13: огромное шаровое скопление в Геркулесе M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
19.05.2021

In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course...



Комета Гаррадда пролетает мимо 10 000 звёзд Comet Garradd Passes Ten Thousand Stars
3.09.2011

Comet Garradd continues to brighten as it drifts across the northern sky. Last week the comet, visible with binoculars and discernable by its green coma, passed nearly in front of globular cluster M71.




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