NGC 3201
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NGC 3201 is a low galactic latitude globular cluster
in the Vela constellation. It has a very low central concentration of stars.
It was discovered by James Dunlop
on May 28, 1826.
Globular cluster
A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. The name of this category of star cluster is...
in the Vela constellation. It has a very low central concentration of stars.
It was discovered by James Dunlop
James Dunlop
James Dunlop was an astronomer's assistant who was hired by Sir Thomas Brisbane to work at his private observatory, once located at Paramatta , New South Wales, about twenty-three kilometres west of Sydney, Australia during the 1820s and 1830s...
on May 28, 1826.