Tag Archive for 'NGC 104'

Paduano et al. identified a new radio source (white square) in the center of 47 Tucanae (red circle). Image credit: Paduano et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad0e68.

ATCA Detects Compact Radio Source in Center of 47 Tucanae

Jan 17, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array have captured the most detailed radio image ever seen of 47 Tucanae, the second brightest...

This artist’s conception shows an intermediate-mass black hole in the center of the globular star cluster 47 Tucanae. Image credit: B. Kiziltan / T. Karacan.

Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Found at Center of Star Cluster 47 Tucanae

Feb 9, 2017 by News Staff

47 Tucanae — a huge, ancient globular star cluster about 15,300 light-years away from us — harbors a central black hole about 2,200 times more...

The giant globular star cluster 47 Tucanae. Image credit: NASA / ESA / H. Richer & J. Heyl, University of British Columbia / J. Mack, STScI / G. Piotto, University of Padova.

Astronomers Trace Migration of White Dwarf Stars in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae

May 15, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have captured snapshots of fledging white dwarfs beginning their slow-paced, 40-million-year migration...