NGC 3201 (also known as Caldwell 79) is a low galactic latitude globular cluster in the southern constellation of Vela. It has a very low central concentration of stars. [10] This cluster was discovered by James Dunlop on May 28, 1826 and listed in his 1827 catalogue.

Aug 23, 2024 · Caldwell 79, also called NGC 3201, was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826. This Hubble image features stars at the center of the glittering globular cluster Caldwell 79. Globular clusters are dense, gravitationally bound packs of stars that roam the fringes of the galaxy.

Jan 22, 2018 · Georg-August-Universität Göttingen astronomer Benjamin Giesers and co-authors recently discovered a stellar-mass black hole lurking at the heart of NGC 3201 — its position was revealed by the strange movements of a star being quickly flung around a …

Apr 3, 2024 · NGC 3201, (also known as Caldwell 79) is an old, low galactic latitude globular cluster in the southern constellation of Vela and is considered to have a relatively very low concentration of stars. NGC 3201 was discovered by James Dunlop on May 28, 1826.

Jan 17, 2018 · Colour-composite image of the globular cluster NGC 3201, obtained with the WFI instrument on the ESO/MPG 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. Globular clusters are large aggregates of stars, that can contain up to millions of stars.

Jan 22, 2018 · This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glistening and ancient globular cluster named NGC 3201 — a gathering of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity.

Jul 31, 2024 · In this paper, we fit two sets of independent observational data sets of NGC 3201: HST ACS photometry and three DEBs with 10,000 sets of theoretical isochrones through Monte Carlo simulation using the DSEP to measure the absolute age of NGC 3201.

Feb 27, 2017 · NGC 3201 is a very interesting globular cluster for its kinematical features. It shows a very high value of heliocentric radial velocity (494.2 km s −1 ; Cote et al. 1994 ), suggesting a retrograde orbit about the Galactic center (Casetti-Dinescu et al. 2007 ).

NGC 3201 has an unusually high radial velocity and moves retrograde around the galactic centre. Palau et al published a paper in May 2021 in which they described the detection of a tidal stream belonging to NGC 3201.

Apr 5, 2023 · NGC 3201 (also known as Caldwell 79) is a low galactic latitude globular cluster in the southern constellation of Vela. It has a very low central concentration of stars. This cluster was discovered by James Dunlop on May 28, 1826 and listed in his 1827 catalogue.