ext_350862 ([identity profile] neowolf2.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2012-09-27 04:09 pm (UTC)

A star has to be about 8 solar masses to undergo core collapse, and since stellar lifespan goes roughly as mass^(-2.5), this would require the cluster be about 60 million years old for all SN to have occurred. This is about 10% of the age of the Hyades and Beehive clusters.

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