Nine new open clusters found in the Sun's neighborhood
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Astronomers from Heidelberg University in Germany and the Observatory of Strasbourg in France have detected nine new open star clusters within 1,500 light years from the sun. The discovery, presented in a paper published Aug. 9 on arXiv.org, improves our knowledge of star cluster population in the vicinity of our solar system.