Open Cluster
The Nearby Star Clusters Come from Only Three Places
Many astronomy-interested people know of the Hyades and the Pleiades. They're star clusters in the Taurus constellation. They're two out…
How Many Stars Formed Together With the Sun in Our Stellar Nebula?
Even though our Sun is now a solitary star, it still has siblings somewhere in the Milky Way. Stars form…
Hubble Spots Two Open Clusters. One is Also an Emission Nebula
Open star clusters are groups of stars in loosely-bound gravitational associations. The stars are further apart than the stars in…
Messier 26 – The NGC 6694 Open Star Cluster
Located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known…
Messier 11 (M11) – The Wild Duck Cluster
Welcome back to another edition of Messier Monday! Today, we continue in our tribute to Tammy Plotner with a look…
Dazzling New Views of a Familiar Cluster
Wow. It’s always amazing to get new views of familiar sky targets. And you always know that a “feast for…
Two “b”‘s in the Beehive
Praesepe (aka. the Beehive Cluster) As astronomers near the 800 mark for confirmed extra solar planets, it seems that notable…