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Though, actually, Hubble used Globular Clusters as a standard to help prove that Andromeda was a Galaxy far far away. Star Clusters. Smaller than Galaxies! ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Star Clusters


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Star Clusters
  • Yet another standard!
  • Though, actually, Hubble used Globular Clusters
    as a standard to help prove that Andromeda was a
    Galaxy far far away

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Star Clusters
  • Smaller than Galaxies!!! Found in galaxies!
  • Globular Clusters a group of stars
  • Like a globe 100,000 to Millions of Stars
  • Orbit the galaxy, forming a Halo
  • Open Clusters a group of stars
  • No specific shape tens of stars to thousands of
    stars
  • Can be found anywhere in the galaxy formed in
    the same location

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  • Globular cluster

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M22
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Omega Centauri
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  • Open
  • Cluster
  • M7

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  • NGC 3293

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Makalii Pleiades Subaru Mata alii
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Another Pleiades
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