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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 5 2010, 07:49 PM (574 Views) | |
| CJ | Feb 5 2010, 07:49 PM Post #1 |
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These are very dense clusters of stars. This one is Messier 22:
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| Michelle | Feb 5 2010, 07:56 PM Post #2 |
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Mmm very beautiful |
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| CJ | Feb 5 2010, 08:13 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah. I think globular clusters are made up mainly of older stars. |
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| Michelle | Feb 5 2010, 08:14 PM Post #4 |
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oh ok cool, dunno what they are really |
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| CJ | Feb 5 2010, 08:17 PM Post #5 |
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Nor do I. What I said in the first post is all I know about them, really. I don't know how they're formed or anything. |
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Feb 5 2010, 11:38 PM Post #6 |
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Yes, you are right. Globular clusters are mostly older stars. They combine when they get close enough to each other, but never new stars are made in them. I'm not sure about this, but I think they can form new planets over time. Edited by thecostumedanceparty, Feb 5 2010, 11:38 PM.
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| CJ | Feb 6 2010, 06:17 PM Post #7 |
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How would they do that :S ? |
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Feb 6 2010, 08:27 PM Post #8 |
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Actually, I think I may have been wrong about the planet part, sorry. But I know for a fact that they are old stars. They are located in the older part of our galaxy where there are no new stars. |
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| CJ | Feb 8 2010, 01:06 PM Post #9 |
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Some of them do have black holes at the centre, though. I suppose in some ways, they're like mini-galaxies. |
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Feb 10 2010, 09:06 PM Post #10 |
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You may be thinking of neutron stars... |
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| CJ | Feb 10 2010, 10:12 PM Post #11 |
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I'm definitely thinking of black holes here. http://www-int.stsci.edu/~marel/m15release.html |
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I guess they have it too then. |
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| Michelle | Nov 27 2010, 07:24 PM Post #13 |
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I believe they are made up of older stars. There are just too many that they can't escape each other's gravity. |
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| CJ | Dec 17 2010, 12:38 AM Post #14 |
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I'm pretty sure they are. Since the original image is broken, here's another. This is M80:
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| Michelle | Dec 17 2010, 12:40 AM Post #15 |
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Yeah, I learnt about it at Science Museum Oklahoma. That pic isn't working, btw D:< |
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| CJ | Dec 17 2010, 12:42 AM Post #16 |
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Odd....it's working fine for me. |
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| Michelle | Dec 18 2012, 05:04 AM Post #17 |
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Here's a beautiful one, in Serpens: |
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| CJ | Mar 1 2013, 11:56 PM Post #18 |
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It is. It almost looks like a nebula, actually, with that red background. |
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| Michelle | Mar 1 2013, 11:58 PM Post #19 |
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Ya know, it does kinda look like one. |
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