Posts Tagged ‘open star cluster’

Cluster of Jewels

23 August 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: Euro­pean Space Agency & NASA

A clus­ter of jew­els, known as NGC 265, glows in the Small Mag­el­lanic Cloud.

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WISE Image of Dusty Sisters

28 July 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 1 Comment

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

Dozens of stars in the Pleiades star clus­ter glow through a cool mist in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Sur­vey Explorer, or WISE.

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Starry Gems

01 April 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/ ESA

A field of starry gems shine in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope of NGC 290. This bril­liant open star clus­ter lies within the Small Mag­el­lanic Cloud.

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Starry Sisters

11 December 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech

High in the win­ter sky, the Pleiades look like a tiny dip­per. Those with sharp eyes can see seven stars in the open star clus­ter M45, or the Seven Sis­ters. Some peo­ple report see­ing up to 14 stars under the best con­di­tions. But most, includ­ing myself, can see six at best. In this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope, we see hun­dreds of stars.

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