by Ann » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:49 am
Hmmm, I think I prefer NGC 206. I get a kick out of what I know that this object is, the largest OB association of our great neighbouring galaxy (and future nemesis), M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy!
Usually I get really bored by pictures of globular clusters, but I think that the one of M3 is really very nice. The image is well resolved, and it shows a few yellow-orange giants, a large number of blue horizontal branch stars and a myriad of small neutral-colored stars which are still on the main sequence. I admire the way the colors of the stars are so clearly separated, and since I think that blue is the loveliest color of them all, I really like the overall blue appearance of the cluster. At the same time the overall blue color bothers me, because I don't think a globular cluster should look that blue.
Ann
Hmmm, I think I prefer NGC 206. I get a kick out of what I know that this object is, the largest OB association of our great neighbouring galaxy (and future nemesis), M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy!
Usually I get really bored by pictures of globular clusters, but I think that the one of M3 is really very nice. The image is well resolved, and it shows a few yellow-orange giants, a large number of blue horizontal branch stars and a myriad of small neutral-colored stars which are still on the main sequence. I admire the way the colors of the stars are so clearly separated, and since I think that blue is the loveliest color of them all, I really like the overall blue appearance of the cluster. At the same time the overall blue color bothers me, because I don't think a globular cluster should look that blue.
Ann