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Open cluster NGC 6134 in Norma is 1.38 billion years old and hosts a core, tidal tail and diffuse halo

Indonesian astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of an open cluster in the constellation Norma, known as NGC 6134.

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Indonesian astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of an open cluster in the constellation Norma, known as NGC 6134. Results of the new study, available in a research paper published June 23 on the preprint server arXiv , deliver important insights into the properties and nature of this cluster. Open clusters (OCs), formed from the same giant molecular cloud, are groups of stars loosely gravitationally bound to each other.

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