Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")


Number of links available for this cluster: 7

glink93 - Added on 2017-02-24
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Found at Center of Star Cluster 47 Tucanae 47 Tucanae — a huge, ancient globular star cluster about 15,300 light-years away from us — harbors a central black hole about 2,200 times more massive than our Sun, according to a new report in the journal Nature.
glink4 - Added on 2013-01-14
A Jumble of Exotic Stars "This new infrared image from ESO’s VISTA telescope shows the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there are many nestled at its core that are exotic and display unusual properties..."
glink32 - Added on 2008-09-01
47 Tuc: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars Stars come in bunches. Of the over 200 globular star clusters that orbit the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, 47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster (behind Omega Centauri)...
glink33 - Added on 2008-05-22
Closer to the Heart - 47 Tucanae What you see here is 47 Tucanae, the second largest globular cluster in the Milky Way's busy galactic halo...
glink41 - Added on 2006-06-13
The Toucan's Diamond: VLT Image of a Unique Swarm of Stars, 47 Tuc The Southern constellation Tucana (the Toucan) is probably best known as the home of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. But Tucana also hosts another famous object that shines thousands of lights, like a magnificent, oversized diamond in the sky: the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. More popularly known as 47 Tuc, it is surpassed in size and brightness by only one other globular cluster, Omega Centauri....
glink45 - Added on 2005-07-21
Chandra Finds Long-Sought Link to Origin of Millisecond Pulsars New intersting results from Chandra X-Ray Observatory about Millisecond Pulsars (Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern U./C.Heinke et al.; Optical: ESO/Danish 1.54-m/W.Keel et al. ..)
glink55 - Added on
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