720 B
720 B
name | constellation | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
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Trapezium | Ori | 8mag | 2022-01-21 17:00:00 | skybber | 2022-02-06 11:58:25.913065 |
The "theta system", lies at the heart of the Great Nebula itself in Orion and is one of the most famous multiple stars in the entire sky. Its four stars, ranging in brightness from 5mag to 8mag, form a quadrangle called Trapezium. Several 11mag stars within and around the quadrangle are undoubtedly physically part of the Trapezium system. What's more, within the 5' area of Trapezium are over 400 very faint stars, extremely young objects recently born from huge clouds of gas and dust. The stars of Trapezium are extremely young, approximately 30,000 years old.