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Record-setting star cluster discovered by 2 Maunakea telescopes | University of Hawaiʻi System News – UH System Current News
Astronomers found the cluster has the lowest metal content ever seen in a globular star cluster.
The RBC EXT8 globular cluster orbits the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy. (Photo credit: ESASky/CFHT)
Astronomers on Maunakea found a massive star cluster in the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way. The stars in the globular cluster, called RBC EXT8 were found using the W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope.
Observations show RBC EXT8 contains a record-breaking low amount of metals. The discovery puzzled astronomers because it challenges the thoug…
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