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- Indian Astrophysicists Spot UV-bright Stars In NGC 2808
Indian Astrophysicists Spot UV-bright Stars In NGC 2808
- 23 Jan 2021
- Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have spotted rare hot UV-bright stars in the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 of our Milky Way Galaxy.
- UV-bright stars have been distinguished from the relatively cooler main-sequence stars using images from Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard satellite AstroSat- India’s first multi-wavelength space satellite.
- NGC 2808 is said to have at least five generations of stars, which exist in the late stages of evolution of a Sun-like star.
- Old globular clusters, referred to as dinosaurs of the Universe, help to understand how stars evolve through various phases between their birth and death.
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