NGC 1904

Star cluster NGC 1904, also known as Messier 79, is a relatively old globular cluster. It can be found in the southern constellation Lepus. NGC 1904 was discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain, a French astronomer that was known for studying deep sky objects and comets. It is believed that cluster NGC 1904 is not […]

NGC 4755 – The Jewel Box Cluster

NGC 4755, also known as “The Jewel Box” cluster, is a young, open star cluster in the Constellation Crux located in the southern sky. NGC 4755 is approximately 6,440 lightyears from earth, with a Right Ascension of 12h53m39.499s and Declination of -60d22m15.6s. Its estimated age is approximately 14 million years and was originally discovered by Nicholas […]

IC 2948 – The Running Chicken Nebula, λ Centauri

Introduction IC 2948, which can also denoted as the Running Chicken Nebula, The lambda Centauri Nebula. This young open star cluster is located in the southeast region of the Centaurus constellation 6 500 light years away from our Earth at a Right Ascencion of 11:39:12.72 and a Declination of -63°30’36.0″. It is also often considered […]

NGC 2345 – Shriya Tauh

Introduction NGC 2345 is a young open cluster in the Southern hemisphere constellation of Canis Major. It was discovered in 1836 by British astronomer John Herschel, with an angular size of 10.9 x 10.9 arcmin. Located at an RA of 07h 08m 18s and DEC of -13° 11′ 56″, it is situated close to the […]

NGC 3677 – The Pearl Cluster

NGC 3677 is a relatively young open cluster in the Southern constellation Centaurus. First observed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille between 1752-1752. NGC 3677 is often called ‘the pearl cluster’ coined by Ray Palmer in 2006 (Bakich, 2016). To determine the relationships of color, brightness, age, and metallicity with regard to NGC3677, 15 images were […]

Star Cluster NGC 2571: A Intermediate Age Cluster in the Constellation Puppis

NGC 2571 is a fascinating intermediate age star cluster located in the northern constellation Puppis. It was first discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1793, and since then, it has been a subject of numerous studies and observations by astronomers.One of the studies on this star cluster was conducted in 2001 by researchers who determined […]

NGC 2421 – By Madison Goll

NGC 2421 Madison Goll tsn406 NGC 2421 is an open star cluster in the constellation Puppis which can be found in the Southern Hemisphere. It was first discovered by William Herschel in 1799. NGC 2421 is estimated to be around 23 million years old, which classifies it as a young cluster. The cluster itself is […]

NGC 1027 – Blog by Dylan Wilson

Dylan Wilson WVT792 ‹Introduction› NGC 1027 NGC 1027 is an open star cluster of intermediate age located within the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, named after Queen Cassiopeia, the mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology. NGC 1027 was discovered by German-British astronomer and composer William Herschel in 1787. NGC 1027 can be observed in the Cassiopeia […]

Welcome to the USask Astronomy blog!

Welcome to the new USask Astronomy blog site! This site is a place for students and instructors at USask to post about the things going on in our Astronomy classes. To kick off the site, for this first post I’ve selected the above image of the star forming region IC 2948 (which is currently also […]