NGC 1850, the cluster like no other
There is nothing quite like this ball of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. This is surprising because, at first glance, this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that the size and shape of star cluster NGC 1850 is reminiscent of the many globular star clusters that roam the halo of our own Path. milky. But the stars in NGC 1850 are all too young, making them a unique type of star cluster known in the Milky Way. Additionally, NGC 1850 is also a double star cluster, with a second compact star cluster visible here just to the right of the center of the large cluster. The age of the stars in the large cluster is estimated at 50 million years, while the stars in the compact cluster are even younger, with an age of around 4 million. years. Just 168,000 light-years away, NGC 1850 is located near the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The glowing filaments of gas in the left image, like supernova remnants in our own galaxy, are evidence of violent stellar explosions and indicate that massive, short-lived stars have recently been present in the region.
Astronomy Picture Of The Day (APOD)
Translation by Didier Jamet
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