Astronomers identify dozens of new OB-type stars in the Cygnus OB2 stellar association

On: November 27, 2017

(Phys.org)—European astronomers have identified 42 new massive members of the Cygnus OB2 stellar association. The discovery increases the young massive population known in this association. The findings were presented November 19 in a paper published online on the arXiv pre-print repository.

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