Tag:open clusters

Astronomy

Monday, Could 1 Mercury is in inferior conjunction at 7 P.M. EDT. Though the solar system’s smallest, speediest planet is now behind the Solar...

storiesmyspace - April 28, 2023

Astronomy

Friday, March 17 Mercury reaches superior conjunction at 7 A.M. EDT. The small planet will return after sundown close to the tip of March. The...

storiesmyspace - March 17, 2023

Astronomy

A most superb deep-sky treasure hides in plain sight within the spring sky — the Coma star cluster (Melotte 111), which Ptolemy cataloged...

storiesmyspace - November 7, 2022

Astronomy

A treasure inside a treasure — that’s open cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438, which lie in Puppis, the Stern of the...

storiesmyspace - October 28, 2022

Astronomy

Our summer season sky is bespangled with a whole bunch of glowing open star clusters. One of many best is M7 in Scorpius....

storiesmyspace - October 26, 2022

Astronomy

The dazzling 4.5-magnitude open star cluster M41 dangles in Canis Main some 4° south of Sirius, the brightest star within the night time...

storiesmyspace - October 14, 2022

Astronomy

One in every of winter’s best open clusters, M35 is tucked contained in the southwestern nook of Gemini the Twins. It was first...

storiesmyspace - October 7, 2022

AstronomyAugust 25, 2024