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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6079.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6079. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M79 is a globular cluster in Lepus, at a distance of about 41 100 light-years. It is moderately metal-poor (metallicity comparable to M13) but has an extremely blue horizontal branch and generally shows more UV bright objects than would be expected for such a cluster. It has been speculated that there could be kinematic processes changing the stellar evolution and M79 is sometimes regarded as a p...

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