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Old 30-05-2007, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by erick View Post
OK, devil's advocate here. What if someone says: "Globs, seen a couple, you've seen 'em all!"

Why search for lots of globular clusters? Don't they all look much the same?

(unless, of course, you are into X-rays or helium-rich stars?)

Weeellll, you could do what Shapely did and plot them all and try to find out how far away the center of the galaxy is, and it position.
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