Globular Star Clusters Click icon to view globular clusters of Messier's catalog Messier's Globular Clusters; Links The icon shows 47 Tucanae (NGC 104). Globular clusters are gravitationally bound concentrations of approximately ten thousand to one million stars, spread over a volume of several tens to about 200 light years in diameter. The first globular cluster discovered, but then taken ...

Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/0008500 From: Michael Hilker mhilker@astro.puc.cl Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:02:17 GMT (430kb) omega Centauri - a former nucleus of a dissolved dwarf galaxy New evidence from Stroemgren photometry Authors: Michael Hilker (1), Tom Richtler (2) ((1) P. Univ. Catolica, Santiago, Chile, (2) Univ. de Concepcion, Chile) Comments: 16 pages, 15 figures, accepted for ...

Astrophysics, abstract astro-ph/9910278 From: Dr. Richard J. Patterson rjp0i@shaft.astro.virginia.edu Date (v1): Thu, 14 Oct 1999 22:42:39 GMT (7kb) Date (revised v2): Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:04:12 GMT (154kb) Omega Centauri: Nucleus of a Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal Authors: S.R. Majewski (1), R. J. Patterson (1), D. I. Dinescu (1), W. Y. Johnson (1), J. C. Ostheimer (1), W. E. Kunkel (2), C.