#opencluster

Jun 30 2023 -Montcada i Reixac

Dazzling Diamonds of Trumpler 14 by NASA Hubble https://flic.kr/p/27nfHXW

Credit: G Furtado

DSLR Canon Rebel T3i

Image credit: Oleg Bryzgalov

Cumulo abierto El Joyero, NGC 4755. Un poco sucia por la contaminación, pero se destaca la supergigante roja Kappa Crucis, en la constelación Cruz del Sur #stars #opencluster (en Maipú, Chile) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VKa2_nRUazuqjcsc13Ms1dwYtCJPDjEuq0Lc0/?igshid=9flm85obwnli

Now that things have calmed down post-holiday craziness, here's the answer to a question that I posed a couple of weeks ago: Where did the 37 Cluster get its name? Swipe to the second image to find out! #37cluster #37 #opencluster #starcluster #stars #gravitationallyboundbitsofbabyplasma #asterism #pareidolia #ngc2169 #in #orion #constellation #oriontelescopes #xt8 #pixel2 #nightsight #cellphoneastrophotography #space #amateurastronomy #observing #astronomy #astronomynerd #astro #sky #backyardtelescope #lostinspace #night #nightsky #stargazer #standingbehindaneyepieceholdingyourbreath https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZUe9_FBBD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=103f9ddptflq7

Portrait of NGC 281 via #NASA #APOD Astronomy Picture Of the Day https://buff.ly/2kdQ6OS⠀ ⠀ Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as #NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of #opencluster IC 1590. Still, formed within the #nebula that cluster's young, #massivestars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in this portrait of #NGC281 are sculpted columns and dense dust globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future #starformation. Playfully called the #PacmanNebula because of its overall shape, NGC 281 is about 10,000 #lightyears away in the #constellation #Cassiopeia. This sharp composite image was made through narrow-band filters, combining #emission from the nebula's #hydrogen, #sulfur, and #oxygen atoms in #green, #red, and #blue hues. It spans over 80 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 281.