NGC 3677 is a relatively young open cluster in the Southern constellation Centaurus. First observed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille between 1752-1752. NGC 3677 is often called ‘the pearl cluster’ coined by Ray Palmer in 2006 (Bakich, 2016). To determine the relationships of color, brightness, age, and metallicity with regard to NGC3677, 15 images were […]

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