Using the 104-cm Sampurnanand optical telescope, Indian astronomers have performed photometric observations of an open cluster named King 6, which resulted in the detection of three new variable stars ...

Star clusters are groups of stars formed from the same material. Globular clusters are old, spherical, and contain many stars. Open clusters are younger, less dense, and have irregular shapes.

Researchers from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made significant progress in understanding how three-dimensional (3D) layered structures form ...

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