#rmc 136

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Young Bright Cluster

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The universe's five strangest stars are: UY Scuti (1,700 times larger than the Sun), RMC 136a1 (315 solar masses), EBLM J0555-57Ab (about the size of Saturn), PG 1610+062 (traveling at 1.2 million mph), and Thorne-Zytkow objects (when a supernova “kicks” its neutron star core into another star). via /r/space https://ift.tt/37sjG7q

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New Space-Observatory Technology Reveals a Spectacular HD Universe

Galileo would have loved this! Unique new space technology at Gemini South Observatory in Chile takes the removal of atmospheric distortions (using adaptive optics technology) to a new level. Today’s release of seven ultrasharp, large-field images from the instrument’s first science observations demonstrate its remarkable discovery potential.

"What we have seen so far signals an incredible capability that leaps ahead of anything in space or on the ground – and it will for some time,” says Robert Blum, Deputy Director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory with funding by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Blum is currently using GeMS to study the environments in and around star clusters, and his preliminary data, targeting the spectacular cluster identified as RMC 136, are among a set of seven images released today. The remaining six images –– spanning views of violent star-forming regions, to the graceful interaction of distant colliding galaxies –– only hint at the diversity of cutting-edge research that GeMS enables.

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