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minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours ago so the outermost stars are also the oldest. I don’t think that line necessarily refers to anything going on in the core, but rather “of stars on the outside, the furthest ones are the oldest”.
minus-squareBananskal@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoI’m not sure I follow you here, but just to be sure, I’m talking about this image here: Was that also what you were looking at?
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYeah. And the oldest stars overall are indeed in the galactic centre. But the specific bit you quoted I read as “of the old stars on the outside, the outermost are the oldest”.
I don’t think that line necessarily refers to anything going on in the core, but rather “of stars on the outside, the furthest ones are the oldest”.
I’m not sure I follow you here, but just to be sure, I’m talking about this image here:
Was that also what you were looking at?
Yeah. And the oldest stars overall are indeed in the galactic centre.
But the specific bit you quoted I read as “of the old stars on the outside, the outermost are the oldest”.