Tag: star cluster
Andromeda by the way
Andromeda Galaxy (aka M31 or NGC224) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light years away from Earth. It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, although there are some other galaxies ... Read More
Bubble friends
In the border of Cepheus and Cassiopeia constellations some interesting objects can be found. The most famous is probably Bubble Nebula (NGC7635 aka Sharpless 162 aka Caldwell 11). One may try to rec... Read More
Hercules Globules – update
Hercules constellation is famous among astronomy amateurs because of the largest globular cluster that can be seen in the northern hemisphere. It is M13 and contains about 300 000 stars and is abo... Read More
A far cry and hard by
At the border of Cepheus and Cygnus the Swan constellations there is a place where quite remote deep sky objects meets quite close one. A far cry object is NGC6946 galaxy, called also Fireworks Galaxy... Read More