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Product Description Globular clusters are spherical, densely packed groups of stars found around galaxies. They are thought to have formed at the same time as their host galaxy and thus provide a powerful probe for understanding galaxy evolution, as well as being studied as objects of interest in their own right. This volume presents invited articles by a team of world leaders who gathered at the X Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics to review our current understanding of globular clusters. It provides an accessible introduction to the field for graduate students, and a comprehensive and up-to-date reference for researchers.
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the night sky What must is be like to live on a planet of a star inside one of these globular clusters? A night sky that is never dark? This perhaps is an inevitable thought if you read the book. It goes into all sorts of technical detail about our current understanding of the clusters. And the latter are described, both within the Milky Way and in other galaxies. A very specialised book, that is best suited for the professional astronomer. Most of the observational details discussed will probably be mostly intelligible to such a person. February 14, 2005