Actually, the "star" is one of the nonstellar objects in M81, identified in the survey of globular cluster candidates by Perelmuter and Racine (1995), NED name MESSIER 081:[PR95] 50739. Another one,...
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Actually, the "star" is one of the nonstellar objects in M81, identified in the survey of globular cluster candidates by Perelmuter and Racine (1995), NED name MESSIER 081:[PR95] 50739. Another one,...
Great stuff, Bertrand. The brighter "star" between H and G may be an HII region, too - I am writing from memory.
Thanks, that's a great approach. I remember your observations now. Incidentally, I saw your region G last night but thought it was a star. Will get back to it.
In the spirit of some recent material here, a deeper dive into one of the most observed objects. Last night I was able to hunt down a few of the small HII regions in M81, from the 1983...