Jason Kalirai et al see stars within stars:
a globular cluster system around a distant elliptical galaxy is seen in a Hubble image through the nearby globular cluster NGC 6397
Very cool.
More like this
Today we step back and Hans runs The Big Questions past us.
It is always good to think about the Big Picture.
The Big Questions
"I may be an old lion, but if someone puts his hand in my mouth, I can still bite it off." -Wilhelm Steinitz
When you look at a typical galaxy, you usually find a disk, a bulge, and a few dots diffusely strewn about the exterior.
final stretch and we contemplate big stellar clusters in small galaxies
and we ponder the orbits of globulars, red and blue,
what does this tell us about where and when they formed
and where and when they get eaten
Thanks for all the updates--I feel like I'm getting a good sense of some of the AAS.