Posted on Oct 24, 2020
APOD: 2020 October 24 - Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc." A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes, and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. There are ~200 currently known globular clusters in the Milky Way.
Cluster 47 Tuc (also known as NGC 104) is a Southern Sky feature, and lies 13,000 light years away in the constellation Toucan (just left of the Small Magellanic Cloud). The cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars packed in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are the yellowish stars in this portrait. Cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
Cluster 47 Tuc (also known as NGC 104) is a Southern Sky feature, and lies 13,000 light years away in the constellation Toucan (just left of the Small Magellanic Cloud). The cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars packed in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are the yellowish stars in this portrait. Cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
APOD: 2020 October 24 - Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, October 24, 2020 entitled "Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc."
Image: Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc - Image Credit & Copyright - Jose Mtanous
APOD Background
Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, it lies about 13,000 light-years away and can be spotted naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
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live @ Scenasonica il 11/12/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKPjxoEBNXs
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Image: Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc - Image Credit & Copyright - Jose Mtanous
APOD Background
Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, it lies about 13,000 light-years away and can be spotted naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
Band: KELLEY STOLTZ (USA)
live @ Scenasonica il 11/12/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKPjxoEBNXs
FYI Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan PO2 Frederick Dunn PO3 Phyllis Maynard
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MSgt Paul Connors LTC Tom McNew LTC Stephen C. SSG Michael Noll SGT Steve McFarland LTC Stephen F. 1SG Steven Imerman Cpl (Join to see) Sgt Kelli Mays MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi PO3 Lynn Spalding LTC (Join to see) SSG Gordon Holmes SMSgt Lawrence McCarterSGT Mark Anderson SPC Nancy Greene 1SG (Join to see) PO2 (Join to see) SGT Denny Espinosa SSG C.V. Shaw
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price, I really enjoy this information, especially the Southern Sky. I took an astronomy course at this time of the year and sometimes I am able to recognize the constellations. Have a great Saturday Sir!
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