Category: Star Clusters

C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) – Comet Lovejoy, discovered in November 2011 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy (not a star cluster…in our solar system)

NGC 2244 – An Open Star Cluster in the Rosette Nebula, which is located in the Constellation Monoceros (Distance – 5,200 light years)

NGC 1893 & IC 410 – The Tadpole Nebula, Open Cluster in Nebula in the Constellation Auriga (Distance – 13,000 light years)

M 45 – The Pleiades, an Open Star Cluster in the Constellation Taurus (Distance – 444 light years)

M 103 – Open Star Cluster in the Constellation Cassiopeia (Distance – 10,000 light years)

M 13 – The Great Globular Star Cluster in the Constellation Hercules (Distance – 22,200 light years)

M 15 – Globular Star Cluster in the Constellation Pegasus (Distance – 33,000 light years)