Astronomers explore the properties of a peculiar stellar stream

Описание: "Discover the Secrets of Theia 456: A Mysterious Stellar Stream in the Milky Way"

Join us as we delve into the intriguing findings about Theia 456, a peculiar stream of stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Recently investigated by astronomers using ESA's Gaia satellite and the MMT Observatory, this stellar stream offers fascinating insights into its properties and origins.

In this video, we explore how Theia 456, also known as COIN-Gaia-13, was discovered and what makes it unique. Extending nearly 400 light years in length and consisting of approximately 320 loosely bound stars, Theia 456 provides a rare glimpse into the formation and evolution of star streams.

We discuss the detailed observations made by a team of astronomers led by Kyle Tregoning from the University of Florida, who used Gaia and the MMT's Hectochelle multi-object spectrograph to produce a comprehensive catalog of stars in Theia 456. Learn about the stream's formation as a low-density open cluster, its estimated kinematic age of 245 million years, and its intriguing morphology featuring two distinct lobes.

Discover how the stream's future dispersion might render it undetectable within the next 100 million years, and what this means for our understanding of stellar streams in our galaxy.

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