Spectacular new Hubble photo shows 'Trumpler 14' star cluster

[Eugene]

Source: SPACE.com

Spectacular new Hubble photo shows 'Trumpler 14' star cluster

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Trumpler 14, a collection of
about 2,000 young stars some 8,000 light-years from Earth.

By Mike Wall, SPACE.com JANUARY 25, 2016

Dozens of stars glimmer like jewels in a jaw-dropping new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The new Hubble image depicts the star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of about 2,000 young stars that lies 8,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the Carina Nebula. You can zoom in on the glittering star cluster in this stunning video showcasing the new images.

"This region of space houses one of the highest concentrations of massive, luminous stars in the entire Milky Way — a spectacular family of young, bright, white-blue stars," European Space Agency (ESA) officials wrote in a escription of the photo, which was released today (Jan. 21). (Hubble is a joint mission involving NASA and ESA.)

"These stars are rapidly working their way through their vast supplies of hydrogen, and have only a few million years of life left before they meet a dramatic demise and explode as supernovae," ESA officials added in the statement.

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Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0125/Spectacular-new-Hubble-photo-shows-Trumpler-14-star-cluster

[CrispyQ]

1. I love Hubble.

I looks kind of like a giant insect over Earth.

[youceyec]

6. never liked

how it looks like with all these space systems that they just super glued on a bunch of aluminum foil.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Oh joy ! Thousands of supernovae in our galactic neighboorhood ...

... something to look forward to, if they're all survivable.

[Hoppy]

3. There is a Romulan war ship left of center in the photo

[bemildred]

4. That's a blast shield at the bottom of it, it's nuclear powered.

And who puts those crosses on all the little stars, that must take a lot of time to do.

[loudsue]

5. Was it named for Donald Trump? Why in the hell would they name something brilliant

after someone so totally DULL??

[2QT2BSTR8]

7. I am hoping that you are joking. :)

If anything were to ever be named after Donald Trump, it would be a Pulsar dubbed PSR J2222-0137. This ancient stellar remnant is so cool that its carbon has crystallized, forming, in effect, an Earth-sized diamond in space[2]. Which in fact, since it is one of the coldest and dimmest things in the universe, its dense, and its a ridiculously large 'diamond', would make it a perfect match to be named for Donald Trump.

Trumpler 16 and the associated Trumpler 14 are the most prominent star clusters in Carina OB1, a giant stellar association in the Carina spiral arm[3]. Both were named using the Trumpler classification, which was named after noted Astronomer Robert Julius Trumpler.

He is most noted for observing that the brightness of the more distant open clusters was lower than expected, and the stars appeared more red. This was explained by the interstellar dust scattered through the galaxy, resulting in the absorption (extinction) of light or interstellar extinction of light.[4]

Trumpler further studied and cataloged open clusters in order to determine the size of the Milky Way galaxy. At first he thought his analysis placed an upper limit on the Milky Way's diameter of about 10,000 parsecs with the Sun located somewhat near the center although he later revised this. While cataloging open clusters, he also devised a system for their classification according to the number of stars observed within them, how concentrated these stars are in the center of the cluster and the range of their apparent brightness. This system, known as the Trumpler classification,[5] is still in use today.

Right ascension 10h 49m 10s
Declination −59° 43.0′

Picture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_16#/media/File:NGC_3372d.jpg

2. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/06/remarkable-white-dwarf-star-possibly-coldest-dimmest-ever-detected
3. Carraro, G.; Romaniello, M.; Ventura, P.; Patat, F. (2004). "The star cluster Collinder 232 in the Carina complex and its relation to Trumpler 14/16". Astronomy and Astrophysics 418 (2): 525. Bibcode:2004A&A...418..525C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034335
4. R.J. Trumpler, 1930. Preliminary results on the distances, dimensions and space distribution of open star clusters. Lick Obs. Bull. Vol XIV, No. 420 (1930) 154-188. Table 16 is the Trumpler catalog of open clusters, referred to as "Trumpler (or Tr) 1-37
5. Robert A. Garfinkle. Star-Hopping: Your Visa to Viewing the Universe. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-521-59889-7; p.74

[loudsue]

9. That was an awesome post, and I appreciate the lesson!

I was KIND OF kidding when I wrote that, but I really didn't know the history or the significance, and didn't go digging to find out. I was just smarting off, because everything in the news right now is Donald Trump. Everything. It's as if he has taken over the entire U.S. media complex. It makes me really sick.

You're awesome! Thanks.

[Akicita]

8. Was the Hubble able to see any large hotels in the area?

Maybe Trump can be convinced to go visit.

[Herman4747]

10. "have only a few million years of life left..."

Wow.
But then the article about the particular stars continues:
"...before they meet a dramatic demise and explode as supernovae"