Saturday stargazing at Lawrence Hall of Science Nov 5, 2009
November offers not only good viewing of Jupiter and the four moons that Galileo discovered - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - but it's also likely that you'll get to see some spectacular favorites like the Ring Nebula, the Orion Nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy, in addition to star clusters such as the Pleiades and the impressively crowded Great Globular Cluster. Toshi Komatsu, who manages the program, says the telescopes range from smaller 3-inch refractors to giant 10- and 12-inch... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Galaxies far, far, far away Oct 1, 2009
Clockwise from top left: NGC 6302, a butterfly-shaped nebula surrounding a dying star; a group of galaxies called Stephan's Quintet; a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula; a group of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of Omega Centauri, a giant globular cluster. NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. (Science News for Kids)
Night Sky Viewing for October 2009 Sep 24, 2009
Globular Cluster M15 in the Pegasus Constellation. Looking towards the south, this globular cluster lies just to the upper right of Enif, the giant and brightest star in the Pegasus constellation ... Also within Aquarius are a globular cluster, another nebula, a couple of giant stars and a multiple star. (Suite101.com)
Interactive, 360-degree Panoramic View Of Entire Night Sky Sep 16, 2009
Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Refurbished Hubble gets off to a flying start Sep 12, 2009
This vibrant assortment of some 100,000 stars in the core of globular cluster Omega Centauri resembles the colourful array of sweets in a pic 'n' mix, yet this is just a small scoop of the cluster which boasts a population of 10 million stars. Omega Centauri's denizens range between 10 and 12 billion years old and show yellow-white stars like our own Sun, to older, cooler red-orange stars. (Astronomy Now Online)
detailed new pictures of the universe Sep 12, 2009
The image reveals a small region inside the globular cluster Omega Centauri, which boasts nearly 10 million stars. The butterfly stretches for two light years - about half the distance between the Sun and our nearest star Alpha Centuri. (Harper's Magazine)
Star performer Sep 11, 2009
A panoramic view of some 100,000 stars inside the globular cluster Omega Centauri. The range of colours reveals stars in different stages of their lives. (BBC News -- Science)
Hubble unveilsitsnew vision Sep 10, 2009
A close-up of the core of the Omega Centauri globular cluster, glittering with thousands of ancient stars. A new look at Stephan's Quintet, a set of clashing galaxies. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Refurbished Hubble reveals cosmic wonder Sep 10, 2009
A colorful array of some 100,000 stars adorned a panoramic view of the crowded core of the huge Omega Centauri globular cluster, which counts nearly 10 million stars. More sensitive to light, the new instruments will "improve Hubble's observing efficiency significantly," NASA said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Fermi Tracks Gamma-ray Pulsars Aug 20, 2009
in the same issue of Science (this time with only 167 coauthors) describes how NASA's newest space observatory has identified gamma rays emanating from the famous southern-sky globular cluster 47 Tucanae ... Posted by Rod August 19, 2009 At 05:42 PM PDT If the globular cluster 47 Tuc is some 10 billion years old, how can it contain millisecond pulsars. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
LOOKING UP: Short summer nights, full of wonder Jun 21, 2009
SIGN OF SUMMER: M13, the great Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules, is a compact city of thousands of stars ... It may be a smudge on your lens (never touch the lens); it may be any one of the stars if you have not focused the binoculars; or it is M13, the Great Globular Cluster of Hercules. (Medfield Press, MA)
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In binoculars, a globular cluster looks like a dim, slightly fuzzy star. The globular M3 in Bootes offers a fine chance to make this comparison; it's just. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Stellar Family In Crowded, Violent Neighborhood Proves To Be Surprisingly Normal Jun 5, 2009
4, 2008) Omega Centauri has been known as an unusual globular cluster for a long time ... Containing millions of stars, this globular cluster is located. (Science Daily)
Night sky goes to the dogs Apr 11, 2009
The first is a beautiful and bright globular cluster, thought by many to be one of the most splendid in the sky. It was first seen by Charles Messier in 1764 and was listed as number three in his famous catalogue of deep-sky objects. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Facts about Corona Australis and Ar... Apr 3, 2009
About one-third of the way from Beta to Theta is a globular cluster known as NGC 6397. It shines at magnitude 5. (Suite101.com)
Great view of universe's most extreme energy Mar 13, 2009
"We're watching flares from supermassive black holes in distant galaxies and seeing pulsars, high-mass binary systems, and even a globular cluster in our own." ... The top sources within our galaxy include the sun; a star system known as LSI +61 303, which pairs a massive normal star with a super-dense neutron star; PSR J1836+5925, which is one of many new pulsars, a type of spinning neutron star that emits gamma-ray beams; and the globular cluster , a sphere of ancient stars 15,000 light-years... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Best-ever View Of The Cosmos In Gamma Rays Mar 12, 2009
"We're watching flares from supermassive black holes in distant galaxies and seeing pulsars, high-mass binary systems, and even a globular cluster in our own." ... The top sources within our galaxy include the sun; a star system known as LSI +61 303, which pairs a massive normal star with a superdense neutron star; PSR J1836+5925, which is one of many new pulsars, a type of spinning neutron star that emits gamma-ray beams; and the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a sphere of ancient stars 15,000... (Science Daily)
