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moonshinegnomie

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5. some rare blue stars can live a long time

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:19 PM

Oct 23

they are thought to be old red stars that have acquired more mass to heat up. they call them blue stragglers and have found them in some very old star clusters

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M45 the pleiades star cluster from my backyard [View all] moonshinegnomie Oct 23 OP

Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 23 #1

Magic Easterncedar Oct 23 #2

Spectacular! 2naSalit Oct 23 #3

Alas the short life of Blue stars. GreenWave Oct 23 #4

some rare blue stars can live a long time moonshinegnomie Oct 23 #5