Astronomers discover new open cluster with Gaia

Using ESA’s Gaia satellite, astronomers have serendipitously discovered a new open cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. The newfound cluster, which received the designation Ash-1, is relatively young and consists of at least 400 member stars. The finding was reported in a research paper published August 21 on the pre-print server arXiv. Using ESA’s Gaia satellite, astronomers have serendipitously discovered a new open cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. The newfound cluster, which received the designation Ash-1, is relatively young and consists of at least 400 member stars. The finding was reported in a research paper published August 21 on the pre-print server arXiv. Astronomy Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories