Because of the arrangement of its stars, it is called the Wishing Well Star Cluster—the sparkling cluster on the left side of my photo. The roughly 150 bright stars look like silver coins tossed into the bottom of a wishing
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Wishing Well Cluster – NGC3532
Pearl Cluster – NGC3766
Set against the colorful Milky Way above Namibia, the Pearl Cluster glows softly in the lower left corner. It contains blue-white stars that, at about 20 million years old, are very young by astronomical standards. What makes this special, however,
Read moreSeven Sisters, M45 Pleiaden
Due to their conspicuousness, the Pleiades have been known in almost all cultures since ancient times. However, their name Seven Sisters is misleading, because even with the naked eye, six or more than seven stars can be seen. The Pleiades
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