According to Gaia, ASAS J082841-2735.0 has a Right Ascension of -7.248 +/- 0.506 mas/y and Declination of 1.915 +/- 1.054 mas/y. The star was previously studied by G.Pojmanski, Acta Astronomica (2002) and afterwards, there has not been any research paper on the target. With further research from VSO, I found out that the star was […]
Read more "ASAS J082841-2735.0 and The O’Connelle Effect"RY Col also known as Ry Columbae is a star variable that’s located in the constellation of Columba. A variable star is a star whose brightness can be seen from Earth and over time variable star brightness can be changed. Variable stars can be classified into two categories intrinsic and extrinsic variables. The variable stars […]
Read more "RY Col"Located in the Rosette Nebula which lies in the constellation Monoceros we can find one of the very youngest magnetic upper main sequence stars, NGC 2244. NGC 2244 also known as Caldwell 50 or the Satellite Cluster is an open cluster star estimated to be less than 5 million years which was discovered by John […]
Read more "NGC 2244"NGC 2194 is an intermediate open cluster in the Orion constellation, estimated to be 330 million years of age. It was discovered by William Herschel on February 11, 1784. It’s close proximity to the celestial equator allows the cluster to be visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. In order to study […]
Read more "NGC 2194"Star clusters are large groups of stars held together by the gravitational force they exert on themselves. There exist two main types of star clusters – globular clusters are tight groups of ten thousand to millions of old gravitationally bound stars, and open clusters are groups of tens to a few thousand stars formed from the same molecular […]
Read more "NGC 2158"NGC 2808 is an old age cluster in the southern constellation Carina. It is one of the largest star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy containing over a million stars across three separate generations of stars which were all born within 200 million years of the formation of the cluster. For NGC 2808 to contain […]
Read more "NGC 2808"You can visit the Astromancer link here My chosen star cluster is NGC 6025, or otherwise known as its designation in the Caldwell catalogue – Caldwell 95. Amongst the Caldwell designation, there have been many other categorizations of this star from Collinder, Melotte, Lacaille III, and Dunlop. (Wiki, 2024) NGc 6025 is a intermediate open […]
Read more "NGC 6025 – Caldwell 95"NGC 2669 is an intermediate age cluster approximately 8600 light years away from Earth in the Southern constellation, Vela. Vela means “sails” in Latin and was given this name due to formerly being part of the constellation Argo Navis, or “The Ship Argo”. Its position in the upper section of Argo is representative of sails […]
Read more "NGC 2669 Cluster"NGC 4349 is an intermediately aged open cluster that is located approximately 7000 light years away from Earth. This open cluster is found in a Southern constellation named Crux and was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826. This cluster is known to be significantly more visible when viewed from the southern hemisphere, which helped […]
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