NGC 4833

NGC 4833 is an old star cluster in the southern constellation of Musca. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in his 1751-1752 trip to South Africa and it was catalogued in 1755. Caretta (2021) found the stars in this cluster had lots of potassium for a metal-poor cluster. In order to study NGC 4833 and […]

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NGC 2669 Cluster

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 […]

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NGC 3532 cluster analysis

NGC 3532, also known as the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster situated in the southern hemisphere. It is located in the constellation Carina approximately 405 parsecs from Earth (Robichon et al., 2005). It is classified as an intermediate age cluster with an age of 300 Myr (Fritzewski et al., 2021). Concerning its history […]

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