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    The Alpha Persei Cluster, also known as Melotte 20 or Collinder 39, is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Perseus. To the naked...
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    Alpha Persei (Latinized from α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), formally named Mirfak (pronounced /ˈmɜːrfæk/ or /ˈmɪərfæk/), is the brightest star...
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    members of an open cluster known as the Alpha Persei Cluster. The best-known star, however, is Algol (Beta Persei), linked with ominous legends because...
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    stars of the Alpha Persei Cluster, for which the researchers found a few stars to be variable. The star AP 70, later called V488 Persei was found to be...
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    open clusters, such as the Pleiades, the Hyades and the Alpha Persei Cluster, are visible with the naked eye. Some others, such as the Double Cluster, are...
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    et al. (March 2016). "The binary fraction and mass segregation in Alpha Persei open cluster". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 457 (1):...
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    modelled age of the system (57 million years) places it within the Alpha Persei cluster. The primary star rotates rapidly with a projected equatorial velocity...
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    the Hyades, the Pleiades also in the Taurus constellation and the Alpha Persei Cluster (with Alcyone and Mirfak as the brightest stars). The northern Spring...
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    adopted as the cluster size At the same distance as Melotte 111, but its proper motion and isochrone are inconsistent. Alpha Persei Cluster List of nearby...
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  • Magellanic Cloud, Milky Way, Carina Nebula, Hyades, Pleiades and the Alpha Persei Cluster (with Eta Carinae, Theta Tauri, Alcyone and Mirfak as the brightest...
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    HD 21699 (category Alpha Persei Cluster)
    to each other on the stellar surface. HD 21699 is a member of the Alpha Persei Cluster. In 1967, Robert Garrison noted that the U-B color of HD 21699 is...
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    (January 1999). "The Mass and Age of Very Low Mass Members of the Open Cluster alpha Persei". The Astrophysical Journal. 510 (1): 266–273. arXiv:astro-ph/9807145...
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    consisting of δ Persei, η Persei, α Persei, γ Persei, ψ Persei, 48 Persei, μ Persei and HD 27084. Consequently, the Chinese name for δ Persei itself is 天船五...
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    Epsilon Persei, Latinized from ε Persei, is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Perseus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude...
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    apparent visual magnitude of 5.16. This object is a member of the Alpha Persei Cluster. This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification...
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    Omega Persei (ω Persei) is a solitary, orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Perseus. The star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an...
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    Based Telescopes. Retrieved 2018-10-25. OAO 2 observations of the Alpha Persei cluster OAO-2 Info and pics 50th Anniversary Overview of OAO-2 including...
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    48 Persei (also known as c Persei, 48 Per, HR 1273, HIP 19343, or HD 25940) is a Be star in the constellation Perseus, approximately the 500th brightest...
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    Collinder catalogue (category Open clusters)
    properties of open galactic clusters and their spatial distribution. The catalogue contains 452 open clusters, 11 globular clusters, 6 asterisms, 1 stellar...
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    Melotte catalogue (category Star clusters)
    of 245 star clusters compiled by British astronomer Philibert Jacques Melotte. It was published in 1915 as A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams...
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    HD 21278 (category Alpha Persei Cluster)
    binary star system in the constellation Perseus, located within the Alpha Persei Cluster. It has a blue-white hue and is visible to the naked eye with a combined...
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    HD 21071 (redirect from V576 Persei)
    shift of 6.1 mas, is 535 light years. It is a member of the young Alpha Persei cluster, Melotte 20, and moving is closer to the Earth with a heliocentric...
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    Persei, 9 Persei, Tau Persei, Iota Persei, Beta Persei (Algol), Rho Persei, 16 Persei and 12 Persei. Consequently, the Chinese name for Kappa Persei itself...
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    star clusters, ordered by diameter in light years, above the size of 50 light years in diameter. This list includes globular clusters, open clusters, super...
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    associated with the alpha Persei Cluster, indicating that the Cas-Tau group, including Epsilon Cassiopeiae, may have been separated from the cluster through tidal...
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  • It is a member of the Perseus OB3 association, which includes the Alpha Persei Cluster. This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system with an...
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    with a radial velocity of −1.6 km/s. It is likely a member of the Alpha Persei Cluster. This object is a massive B-type main-sequence star with a stellar...
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    with a radial velocity of −3.5 km/s. It is a likely member of the Alpha Persei Cluster. The primary member, designated component A, is a B-type main-sequence...
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  • as Alpha Andromedae (α And) Now included in the constellation Andromeda Bayer's Chi Persei is NGC 884, the eastern cluster of the Double Cluster – Wagman...
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    hydrogen and is now fusing heavier elements. It is an Alpha Cygni variable (designated V474 Persei), a type of non-radial pulsating variable. It ranges...
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