M44, the Beehive Cluster

M44, the Beehive Cluster

by | Mar 14, 2024 | Star Clusters

The Beehive Cluster, M44, also known as Praesepe, is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. It’s located in the Cancer constellation some 600 light-years away from Earth. The cluster is easily visible to the naked eye under a dark sky like Prades...
The Pleiades star cluster

The Pleiades star cluster

by | Nov 23, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Star Clusters

The Seven Sisters, or The Pleiades (Messier 45), is one of those celestial objects that most people can recognize in the autumn and winter northern night sky. Easily distinguishable at naked eye in the Taurus constellation, this star cluster shows its Seven Sisters...
The Pleiades wide field

The Pleiades wide field

by | Nov 7, 2021 | Galactic Cirri, Star Clusters, Widefield

The Pleiades open cluster, also known as M45, are slowly destroying part of a huge cloud of gas and dust. This young cloud of gas is thought to be the part of Gpuld’s belt. An active star forming region close to our Solar System. Not being part of the open...
The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

by | Apr 7, 2021 | Star Clusters

M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is an amazing spherical collection of stars tightly bound by gravity, which gives it this great density of stars. Several hundred thousand stars can be found in one of the most impressive clusters as seen from Earth....
The Pleiades, M45

The Pleiades, M45

by | Nov 7, 2017 | Star Clusters

The Seven Sisters, or The Pleiades, is one of those celestial objects that most people can recognize in the autumn and winter northern night sky. Easily distinguishable at naked eye in the Taurus constellation, this star cluster shows its Seven Sisters only when being...
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