So how close are stars in the center of a cluster like this?
Is there any reason why stars in a cluster could not have planets around them?
I wonder what it would be like to look up into the sky if you on a planet inside a cluster? Would the stars look bigger? Would the night sky ever be dark?
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- Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: M55 (globular) & star clusters (APOD 02 Apr 2008)
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- Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: A Cerro Tololo Sky (APOD 6 Aug 2006)
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We were camping in the upper pennisula of Michigan far from any town a couple weeks ago. I woke up at about 3:30 am (nature call :) ) and when I got out of the tent; I looked up and what I saw was very very close to this picture only the sky around the stars was blacker. It floored me. I have never ...
- Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Reflections on Planet Earth (APOD 19 Jul 2006)
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