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Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

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Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

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Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Nature (London), 2009-12, Vol.462 (7276), p.1028-1031

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Two shades of blue straggler
'Blue stragglers' are massive stars in clusters — where all the stars are pretty much the same age — that at their luminosity, should have evolved to become giants and white dwarfs. They are thought to be normal main-sequence stars that have gained mass through either transfer between binary companions or direct coll...

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Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743541066

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_743541066

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ISSN

0028-0836

E-ISSN

1476-4687

DOI

10.1038/nature08607

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