Hubble analyses the cluster 47 Tucanae:

Hubble analyses the cluster 47 Tucanae:

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Fast and Curious

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Finding star age gives the orbit!

http://scitechdaily.com/hubble-reveals-link-between-stars-ages-and-their-orbits/

A million stars in a box 120 light years on a side, well globular anyway, puts these stars an average of about 1.5 light years apart. That must be some night sky view for someone on a planet in the middle of that nest of stars?

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Losing the Thread

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Finding star age gives the orbit!

http://scitechdaily.com/hubble-reveals-link-between-stars-ages-and-their-orbits/

A million stars in a box 120 light years on a side, well globular anyway, puts these stars an average of about 1.5 light years apart. That must be some night sky view for someone on a planet in the middle of that nest of stars?
Globular clusters tend to be metal poor, so life is less likely.

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I'm with Sonhouse on this one.