About this episode
This episode discusses the Pleiades star cluster and the interstellar object Oumuamua, exploring their origins and characteristics.
The beautiful star cluster the Pleiades in the constellation of Tauris is about 100 million years old making it one of the youngest objects that you can see in the natural night sky. Data obtained by observing Oumuamua (“Oh-moo-ah-moo-ah”), the first object humans have identified which is definitely from outside of our solar system suggests that it is an icy body with a red, rock appearing shell, of carbon rich organic material. By tracing Omuamua's path for millions of years into the past, Dr. Fabo Feng of the University of Hertfordshire , found that it's slow speed in the vicinity of 5 stars in the Pleiades suggests that it was ejected from one of them. Check out the Pleiades with your unaided eye, binoculars or a small telescope and contemplate the messengers it might be sending our way.
People in this episode
Host: Albert D. Grauer
Topics covered
- Pleiades
- Oumuamua
- star clusters
- astronomy
- cosmic origins
Keywords
- Pleiades
- Oumuamua
- star cluster
- astronomy
- Dr. Fabo Feng
- University of Hertfordshire
- cosmic exploration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Hertfordshire
Places: Pleiades, Tauris
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