h and Chi Persei

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h and Chi Persei

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Milky Way Galaxy
The stellar luminosity function
…function for the young clusters h and χ Persei, when compared with the van Rhijn function, clearly shows a large overabundance of bright stars due to the extremely young age of the cluster, which is on the order of 10⁶ years. Calculations of stellar evolution indicate that in an additional…
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…function for the young clusters h and χ Persei, when compared with the van Rhijn function, clearly shows a large overabundance of bright stars due to the extremely young age of the cluster, which is on the order of 10⁶ years. Calculations of stellar evolution indicate that in an additional…
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Estimates of stellar ages
The young cluster h and χ Persei, which is a few million years old, contains stars ranging widely in luminosity. Some stars have already evolved into the supergiant stage (in such a diagram the top of the main sequence is bent over). The stars of luminosity 10,000 times…
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The young cluster h and χ Persei, which is a few million years old, contains stars ranging widely in luminosity. Some stars have already evolved into the supergiant stage (in such a diagram the top of the main sequence is bent over). The stars of luminosity 10,000 times…
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