disk population
astronomy
Also known as: disc population
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age of planetary nebula
- In planetary nebula: Positions in the Galaxy
…distribution often called a “disk population,” to distinguish them from the Population II (very old) and Population I (young) objects proposed by the German American astronomer Walter Baade. There is a wide variation in the ages of planetaries, and some are very young objects.
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population types
- In Milky Way Galaxy: Principal population types
…were placed in the “disk population.” Similarly, long-period variables were divided into different subgroups, such that those with periods of less than 250 days and of relatively early spectral type (earlier than M5e) were considered “intermediate Population II,” whereas the longer period variables fell into the “older Population I”…
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