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The Japanese word for Pleiades is “Subaru” which means unite. It’s also why the car logo is a group of stars. I took this using my color camera last week. Hope you like it!

#pleiades #stars #space #astrophotography #starcluster #m45 #subaru #astronomy #opencluster
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
astrocamp.bsky.social
#Messier37 is a bright #opencluster in #Auriga, approx. 4,511 light-years away from Earth, best observed during its annual culmination at astronomical midnight around December 20th.

Info: astrocamp.eu/en/messier-37/

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Messier 37
January 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
nasapodsky.bsky.social
Astronomy Picture from 17/03/2002

NGC 2244: A Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020317.htm<a href="/hashtag/RosetteNebula" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#RosetteNebulat#NGC2244##OpenClustern#EmissionNebulao#Astrophotographyt#Spacey#Cosmos #Starss#Nebula #Astronomys#UniverseU#DeepSky##Monoceroso#StarClusterrCluster
Stunning image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244), a vibrant red emission nebula illuminated by a young, bright open star cluster. The cluster's energetic light and stellar winds sculpt the nebula's intricate gas and dust filaments. Located in Monoceros, this celestial wonder is approximately 4500 light-years away and spans 50 light-years.
June 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
duartealmeida.bsky.social
If you are interested in open cluster radii, mass and dissolution, check out my paper and feel free to drop me a message 😊
#opencluster #galactic

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26...
Open cluster dissolution rate and the initial cluster mass function in the solar neighbourhood: Modelling the age and mass distributions of clusters observed by Gaia
Context. The dissolution rate of open clusters (OCs) and the integration of their stars into the Milky Way's field population have been explored using their age distribution. With the advent of the Ga...
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
June 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 25/02/2025

M41: The Little Beehive Star Cluster

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250225.htm<a href="/hashtag/M41" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#M41 #StarClusterr#BlueStarsl#RedGiantse#OpenClustern#Astrophotographyt#DeepSky##Spacey#Astronomys#Cosmologyo#Starsy#Nebula #ChileScopei#HydrogenGasrogenGas
A stunning image of the M41 open star cluster, showcasing numerous bright blue stars and red giant stars amidst a backdrop of red hydrogen gas filaments. The vibrant colors highlight the diversity of stellar life within the cluster, which is destined to disperse over time. This four-hour exposure, captured by Chilescope T2, reveals the beauty and ephemerality of stellar formations.
March 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
stellarsnap.bsky.social
📸 The Rosette Nebula from DECam

📅 APOD – July 16, 2025
📷 Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA

#APOD #NASA #RosetteNebula #NGC2237 #DECam #Astrophotography #Nebula #EmissionNebula #SpaceArt #Astronomy #Stars #Monoceros #Telescope #StellarNursery #OpenCluster #CosmicBloom #Cosmos #StellarSnap
A vibrant wide-field astrophotograph of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), appearing like a cosmic flower. The nebula glows with deep reds and pinks, surrounded by filaments of dust and gas. In its center lies a star cluster, NGC 2244, whose young blue-white stars illuminate the nebula. The entire structure is framed by the dark backdrop of space, with scattered stars dotting the field.
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
nasapodsky.bsky.social
Astronomy Picture from 01/06/2002

NGC 2266: Old Cluster in the New General Catalog

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020601.htm<a href="/hashtag/NGC2266" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NGC2266##OpenClustern#GeminiConstellatione#StarClusterr#Astronomys#AstroPhotographyt#Spacey#Cosmologyo#DeepSkyObjectk#Astrophotot#GalaxiesG#Nebulae##RedsGiantsdsGiants
A stunning three-color image of NGC 2266, an open star cluster located approximately 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. This billion-year-old cluster, part of the New General Catalog (NGC), showcases numerous evolved red giant stars against a backdrop of countless other stars. The image beautifully highlights the cluster's density and the varied colors of its stellar components.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
djmccrady.bsky.social
In this wide-field view is the faint open cluster M67 on the left along with its much larger and closer open cluster M44, more popularly known as the Beehive Cluster. The bright red star is Mars. #astrophotography #nightsky #opencluster #m44 #m67 #beehivecluster #mars
Open clusters M67 (left), M44 the Beehive (right), and Mars
May 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
djmccrady.bsky.social
Four Messier open clusters taken with a 50mm lens from Joshua Tree National Park. #m35 #m36 #m37 #m38 #opencluster #astrophotography #nightsky
Open clusters M35, M36, M37, M38
May 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The #Westerlund 1 #star #cluster: #Hubble unveils detailed structure

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a #supermassive galactic #opencluster...
scitechupdates.com/t...
February 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
astrocamp.bsky.social
#Melotte 40 - #NGC 2158 is a distant and densely packed #opencluster in #Gemini, approx. 16500 ly away, best observed end of december.

Detailed Information: astrocamp.eu/en/ngc-2158-2/

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Melotte 40
January 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 23/01/2014

Double Cluster in Perseus

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140123.htm<a href="/hashtag/DoubleCluster" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DoubleClustere#PerseusConstellatione#NGC869 #NGC884 #DeepSkyObjectk#Astrophotographyt#StarClustersC#CosmicBeautyi#Spacey#Astronomys#Nebula #HydrogenGasr#OpenClustern#NightSkyNightSky
A stunning wide-field image of the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884) in the Perseus constellation. The vibrant image showcases two prominent open star clusters, surrounded by reddish emission nebulae and countless stars. A smaller, fainter open cluster, NGC 957, is visible in the upper left. This color composite highlights hydrogen gas emission, revealing the intricate details of this rich star-forming region approximately 7,000 light-years away.
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Astronomy Picture from 28/01/1997

Open Cluster M50
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Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970128.ht<a href="/hashtag/OpenCluster" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#OpenClustere#M50s#StarClustera#MilkyWay##AstronomyA#Astrophysicsr#Spacec#Starsc#CosmologyC#DeepSky #DeepSky
Image of the open star cluster M50, located approximately 3000 light-years from Earth. The cluster is comprised of hundreds of bright, young, blue stars, contrasted by dimmer, red stars in the background. M50's irregular shape and location within the galactic plane are characteristic of open star clusters.
June 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM