Population II Stars

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5176. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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Old red stars that occur throughout elliptical and lenticular galaxies, and in the haloes, globular clusters and central bulges of spiral galaxies. They differ from Population I stars in having a very low metal content, and those heavier elements that they do contain are thought to have been produced by massive, short-lived earlier stars which form a hypothetical Population III. Population II sta...

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