Trumpler 14
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Keel of the ship |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 43.9 m |
| declination | -59 ° 33.0 ′ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | 5.5 mag |
| Number of stars | approx. 2000 |
| Brightest star | HD 93129A, 7 mag |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| distance | approx. 9000 ly |
| Age | approx. 300 to 500 thousand years |
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| Catalog names | |
| C 1041-593 • Cr 230 • | |
Trumpler 14 (also Collinder 230 ) is an open star cluster in the constellation Kiel des Schiff . It is located around 9,000 light years from the solar system in the Carina Nebula . With an age of 300,000–500,000 years it is one of the youngest clusters in the Milky Way .
Infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, Trumpler 14 (center-left), taken with the Very Large Telescope
It is a very massive cluster, it houses around 2000 young stars of all sizes. Among them is the super giant HD 93129A , one of the brightest stars in our galaxy. This star is around 80 times more massive than the Sun and shines two and a half million times brighter.
Web links
Commons : Trumpler 14 - collection of images, videos and audio files
- http://www.eso.org/public/germany/videos/eso0947a/ (zoom on Trumpler 14)
- Database link to Trumpler 14 on SIMBAD