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Graysith



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posted 08-26-2000 09:31 PM     Profile for Graysith   Author's Homepage   Email Graysith     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
This picture shows what is called the Double Cluster in the constellation of Perseus. (It is actually between Perseus and Casseopia.) While it looks like two clusters, it is really what is called an open cluster, made up of young blue and red giant stars (there are others, but the bright ones which we see here are those types.) These are the types of stars most apt to "evolve" into neutron stars or black holes when they "die." You can see this double cluster nicely with a pair of ordinary binoculars.

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Anakin



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posted 08-26-2000 09:48 PM     Profile for Anakin   Author's Homepage   Email Anakin     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
ha, thats neat you can see the colors of them....I've never seen that before

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Graysith



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posted 08-26-2000 10:05 PM     Profile for Graysith   Author's Homepage   Email Graysith     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Yeah, it's amazing, isn't it? Most people don't know, but stars are colorful! I have actually seen one that was pea green (no lie!) And, in Cygnus the Swan is "a star" called "Albireo;" it is actually a double-double star, but you need a reeeeeeeally GOOD scope to see that; with a "general" scope you can see the "two" stars that make it up: one is peacock blue, and the other golden. Gorgeous!

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