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Ruprecht 44

Ruprecht 44 is an open cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. It is about 6,600 pc away in the constellation Puppis. Ruprecht 44 is a very young open cluster, only about several million years old.

Prominent stars
Star name LSS number Effective temperature Absolute magnitude Bolometric magnitude Mass (M) Spectral type Ref.
WR 10 (HD 65865) LSS 916 63000 -4.2 -8.5 25 WN4.5
LSS 891 37200 -4.4 -8 27 O8III(f)
LSS 898 35100 -4.3 -7.7 24 Be
LSS 902 31600 -4.7 -7.9 23 B0V
LSS 920 34700 -3.7 -7.1 21 O9.5V
LSS 907 31600 -4.3 -7.4 20 B0V

References

  1. ^ "Ruprecht 44". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ Moffat, A. F. J.; Fitzgerald, M. P. (1974). "Distant galactic structure in PUP : the Ruprecht 44 aggregate". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 34: 291–296. Bibcode:1974A&A....34..291M.
  3. ^ Giorgi, E. E.; Solivella, G. R.; Perren, G.; Vázquez, R. A.; Carraro, G. (2018). "Photometric and spectroscopic study in the region of Ruprecht 44 and the Galaxy structure". Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía. 60: 167–169. Bibcode:2018BAAA...60..167G.
  4. ^ Massey, P.; Degioia-Eastwood, K.; Waterhouse, E. (2001). "The Progenitor Masses of Wolf-Rayet Stars and Luminous Blue Variables Determined from Cluster Turnoffs. II. Results from 12 Galactic Clusters and OB Associations". The Astronomical Journal. 121 (2): 1050–1070. arXiv:astro-ph/0010654. Bibcode:2001AJ....121.1050M. doi:10.1086/318769. S2CID 53345173.