India Unveils 28 new Milky Way Stars
- Scientists at ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences) discovered 28 new variable stars in the outer part of the Milky Way Galaxy.
- Devasthal Optical telescope was used for the purpose. It is a powerful 3.6 meter optical telescope.
- The stars were found in the Globular Cluster NGC 4147 in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is for the first time variable stars were identified in Globular Cluster NGC 4147. A variable star is star whose luminosity or brightness changes.
- A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which ....
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