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Showing posts with label NGC 6362. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NGC 6362. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Stars young and old?



This colorful view of the globular cluster NGC 6362 has been with the Wide Field Imager on the ESO / MPG 2.2-meter telescope was added to the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile. Together with a new recording of the central region of the cluster, which has delivered the Hubble Space Telescope by NASA and ESA, this picture conveys the best to date view of this little-known globular cluster. The majority of stars in globular clusters is very old. In this bunch there are also some stars that act unusually young.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

A new image of NGC 6362 star field


The European Southern Observatory (ESO) today released a new image of the globular cluster NGC 6362; a little known field stars located in the group of Ara consists of tens of thousands of stars very old and others looking surprisingly young.