Is this bright cluster inside or outside our Galaxy? My Son asked me this and I wasn't sure... thank you, JM
Hercules M-13 Question?
Started by Midnight Sun, 09/24/2006 05:48AM
Posted 09/24/2006 05:48AM
Opening Post
Posted 09/24/2006 07:43AM
| Edited 09/24/2006 07:44AM
#1
It is insude our galaxy. Open clusters are mainly in the galactic plane, globular clusters swarm around the galaxy centre like a halo. Globular clusters in our nearest neighbour galaxies can also be seen, but they appear very small, almost stellar.
http://www.thinkastronomy.com/M13/common/examples_assets/M13.jpg
Dmitri
http://www.thinkastronomy.com/M13/common/examples_assets/M13.jpg
Dmitri
Posted 09/24/2006 12:44PM
#2
Hi John --
Your son asks good questions. M13 is definitely outside of the galactic plane but is still part of our home galaxy. Most globular clusters are above/below the galactic plane also. Dmitri's link will bring you to a program I recently downloaded and like a lot. The inexpensive program adds a whole new dimension to what we can learn about the location of telescopic objects. -- great stuff.
Bob Polcyn
Your son asks good questions. M13 is definitely outside of the galactic plane but is still part of our home galaxy. Most globular clusters are above/below the galactic plane also. Dmitri's link will bring you to a program I recently downloaded and like a lot. The inexpensive program adds a whole new dimension to what we can learn about the location of telescopic objects. -- great stuff.
Bob Polcyn
Funding Member
