M50 (疏散星團)

M50梅西耶50,也稱為NGC 2323,是位於麒麟座的一個疏散星團。它可能在1711年之前就被卡西尼發現,梅西耶在1772年4月5日觀測比拉彗星時,又再度獨立發現它。它有時也被描述或心形或鈍箭頭[3]

M 50
天狼星在南方天空時,梅西耶50位於天狼星北方8°和東方3°的角上(觀察時的左側)。
觀測資料 (J2000 曆元)
星座麒麟座
赤經07h 02m 47.5s[1]
赤緯−08° 20 16[1][lower-alpha 1]
距離2,870 ly(881 pc[2]
視星等 (V)5.9[3]
視大小 (V)16.0[3]
物理特徵
質量> 285 M[4] M
半徑8.9 ly(2.73 pc)[4]
估計年齡140[1] Myr
其他特徵M50, NGC 2323, Cr 124, C 0700-082, OCl 559[5]

M50距離地球大約2,900光年[2],雖然與大犬座OB1星協接近,但估計關係並不緊密[4]。它的核心半徑為5.9 ly(1.8 pc)[6], 範圍為17.8 ly(5.46 pc)[4]。這個星團有508個已確認成員和109個可能的成員;它們的總質量超過285 M,平均恆星密度是每立方秒差距1.3顆恆星[4]。星團的歷史大約有1.4億年[1],有兩顆大質量的白矮星[7]和兩顆特殊恆星[8]

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參考資料和註解

  1. Frolov, V. N.; 等, , Astronomy Letters, February 2012, 38 (2): 74–86, Bibcode:2012AstL...38...74F, doi:10.1134/S106377371202003X.
  2. Kharchenko, N. V.; 等, , Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2005, 438 (3): 1163–1173, Bibcode:2005A&A...438.1163K, arXiv:astro-ph/0501674, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042523.
  3. Thompson, Robert; Thompson, Barbara, , DIY science, O'Reilly Media, Inc.: 321, 2007, ISBN 978-0596526856
  4. Claria, J. J.; 等, , Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, February 1998, 128: 131–138, Bibcode:1998A&AS..128..131C, doi:10.1051/aas:1998130 已忽略未知参数|doi-access= (帮助)
  5. . SIMBAD. 斯特拉斯堡天文資料中心.
  6. Sharma, Saurabh; 等, , The Astronomical Journal, May 2008, 135 (5): 1934–1945, Bibcode:2008AJ....135.1934S, arXiv:0803.0122, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/5/1934.
  7. Cummings, Jeffrey D.; 等, , The Astrophysical Journal, February 2016, 818 (1): 13, Bibcode:2016ApJ...818...84C, arXiv:1601.03053, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/84, 84.
  8. Paunzen, E.; 等, , Astronomy & Astrophysics, April 2014, 564: 8, Bibcode:2014A&A...564A..42P, arXiv:1403.3538, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423521, A42.
  1. Eight out of ninety degrees south of the celestial equator. Thus its light reaches all parts of the Earth, down to a good minimal cumulation 15° above the horizon, on the unobstructed southern horizons of the 67th parallel north. This rules out Iceland and the north coasts of the two northernmost continents.

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