The Alpha Persei Cluster, also known as Melotte 20 or Collinder 39, is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Perseus. To the naked...
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Alpha Persei (Latinized from α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), formally named Mirfak (pronounced /ˈmɜːrfæk/ or /ˈmɪərfæk/), is the brightest star...
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members of an open cluster known as the Alpha Persei Cluster. The best-known star, however, is Algol (Beta Persei), linked with ominous legends because...
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open clusters, such as the Pleiades, the Hyades and the Alpha Persei Cluster, are visible with the naked eye. Some others, such as the Double Cluster, are...
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star clusters, ordered by diameter in light years, above the size of 50 light years in diameter. This list includes globular clusters, open clusters, super...
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to each other on the stellar surface. HD 21699 is a member of the Alpha Persei Cluster. In 1967, Robert Garrison noted that the U-B color of HD 21699 is...
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the Hyades, the Pleiades also in the Taurus constellation and the Alpha Persei Cluster (with Alcyone and Mirfak as the brightest stars). The northern Spring...
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Epsilon Persei, Latinized from ε Persei, is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Perseus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude...
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(January 1999). "The Mass and Age of Very Low Mass Members of the Open Cluster alpha Persei". The Astrophysical Journal. 510 (1): 266–273. arXiv:astro-ph/9807145...
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adopted as the cluster size At the same distance as Melotte 111, but its proper motion and isochrone are inconsistent. Alpha Persei Cluster List of nearby...
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