Prasanta Kumar Nayak
Astronomer
Prasanta Kumar Nayak is an astronomer at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India, and Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore, India. His main research fields are: star clusters and stellar evolution.
Kron 3: A Peculiar Star Cluster - Kron 3 is a massive intermediate-age star cluster located to the west of the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud. The study of Kron 3 will add to the analysis of clusters of this type as well as provide additional constraints to help us better understand multiple stellar population in massive star clusters.
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