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To investigate the physics underpinning white dwarf evolution, astronomers compared cooling white dwarfs in two massive collections of stars: the globular clusters M13 and M3. These two clusters share many physical properties such as age and metallicity, but the populations of st...
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- Jan 1, 2021
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- Hubble Space Telescope
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To investigate the physics underpinning white dwarf evolution, astronomers compared cooling white dwarfs in two massive collections of stars: the globular clusters M13 and M3. These two clusters share many physical properties such as age and metallicity, but the populations of stars which will eventually give rise to white dwarfs are different. This makes M13 and M3 together a perfect natural laboratory in which to test how different populations of white dwarfs cool.
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ESA, NASA, Giampaolo Piotto
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| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | M13 and M3 |
| Object Description | Globular star clusters |
| Distance | M13 and M3 are respectively 25,000 and 34,000 lightyears away. |
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