February's full "Snow Moon" will be at its fullest on Sunday, Feb. 1, and will be best seen at moonrise. It will appear just ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated three open clusters in the galactic disk, namely Berkeley 17, 18 ...

The Beehive Cluster, also known as Messier 44 (M44), is an open star cluster made up of at least 1,000 stars and is one of the closest and youngest clusters to Earth. The cluster will be visible ...

The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, ...

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the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula Cluster as the central “star” in the sword of Orion, the Pleiades and the Hyades. All three open clusters are highlighted by large yellow circles. Orion ...

Stock 23, also known as Pazmino's Cluster, is a relatively inconspicuous open star cluster located in the constellation Camelopardalis. Initially categorized as an asterism, recent research confirms ...

You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our Pottsville skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the best open star cluster in the heavens, the Pleiades star cluster, ...

The final ESA/Webb Picture of the Month feature for 2025 showcases a festive-looking region filled with glowing clouds of gas and thousands of sparkling stars. This star cluster, known as Westerlund 2 ...

You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the best open star cluster in the heavens, the Pleiades star cluster, otherwise ...