Four new open clusters detected in the Cygnus Cloud
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - 08:10
in Astronomy & Space
By analyzing the data from ESA's Gaia satellite, Chinese astronomers have discovered four new open clusters in the Cygnus Nebula Cloud. The newfound clusters, designated QC1 to QC 4, are located between 4,100 and 7,600 light-years away. The finding is reported in a paper published August 17 on arXiv.org.