HD 97950
HD 97950, is a multiple star system and part of a super star cluster within the NGC 3603 H II region. It was catalogued as a single star although it was always known to be a compact cluster. It is now resolved into a massive multiple star at the centre of one of the densest clusters in the galaxy. Only the six lettered stars A-F at the core of the cluster are typically referred to as components of HD 97950, while the remaining stars of the cluster and surrounding area are usually numbered as members of NGC 3603. The cluster itself is still called the HD 97950 cluster as well as the NGC 3603 young cluster (NGC 3603YC). There are no other notable groupings of stars in NGC 3603 and the HD 97950 cluster is often loosely referred to as simply NGC 3603. Members The main components are designated NGC 3603-A1, A1, A2, A3, NGC 3603-B, B, and NGC 3603-C, C, of which A1 and C are known to be spectroscopic binaries. A1a, A1b, and C are all WN6h Wolf–Rayet stars, amongst the list of m ...
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