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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER (STScI-PR06-37)



 
 
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Old August 17th 06, 08:21 PM posted to local.opo,local.tute,local.classifieds,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered what astronomers are reporting
as the dimmest stars ever seen in any globular star cluster. Globular
clusters are spherical concentrations of hundreds of thousands of
stars. These clusters formed early in the 13.7-billion-year-old universe. The
cluster NGC 6397 is one of the closest globular star clusters to Earth.
Seeing the whole range of stars in this area will yield insights into the
age, origin and evolution of the cluster.

To see and read more about NGC 6397 on the Web, visit:

Images and additional information about NGC 6397 are available on the Web at:
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0608.html
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Old August 18th 06, 04:31 AM posted to local.opo,local.tute,local.classifieds,sci.astro,sci.astro.amateur
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HUBBLE SEES FAINTEST STARS IN A GLOBULAR CLUSTER


That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a whole
lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC.

George


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That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a whole
lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC.


But compare with the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field. For me,
those are the most profoundly interesting Hubble images, since they
convey the stunning size of the universe in a semi-comprehesible
fashion. Too many damned stars in the way in the glob!

After seeing the Deep Field images, I always thought the 2001: A Space
Oddesey line should have been "My God! It's full of galaxies!" Come
to think of it, that might make a good signature file tagline.
mx

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"mx" wrote in message
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That's a really cool image. I haven't counted them, but there are a
whole
lot of galaxies in that image behind the GC.


But compare with the Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field.


Why? There isn't any comparison, really, and I wasn't suggesting that
there was. The thing is, how many images of globular clusters are around
that show galaxies directly behind them?

For me,
those are the most profoundly interesting Hubble images, since they
convey the stunning size of the universe in a semi-comprehesible
fashion. Too many damned stars in the way in the glob!

After seeing the Deep Field images, I always thought the 2001: A Space
Oddesey line should have been "My God! It's full of galaxies!" Come
to think of it, that might make a good signature file tagline.
mx


lol.

George


 




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