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Gaia: How to find a star cluster
- Video Online only
- Title Gaia: How to find a star cluster
- Released: 16/11/2017
- Length 00:02:13
- Language English
- Footage Type Documentary
- Copyright ESA
- Description
It's the perfect meeting of old and new. Astronomers have combined recent data from ESA's Gaia mission with a simple analysis technique from the 18th century to discover a massive star cluster that had previously escaped detection. Subsequent investigations are helping to reveal the star-forming history of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. For more about this story see How do you find a star cluster?
For more about this story see How do you find a star cluster? Easy, simply count the stars