NGC 2360, also known as ‘Caroline’s Cluster’, is an intermediate cluster that is located in the southern constellation Canis Major. It was first discovered by Caroline Herschel, however was never officially brought to attention until her brother William included NGC 2360 in his 1783 catalog of 1000 star clusters and nebulae. In a recent study, […]
Read more "NGC 2360"Introduction Caldwell 88, or NGC 5823, is located in the southern constellation of Circinus, in the edge of the border with the constellation Lupus. It is an intermediate open star cluster that is not currently visible in north Saskatchewan, since it lies so far south it never crosses the horizon. Background The cluster was first […]
Read more "Caldwell 88 (NGC 5823)"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 […]
Read more "NGC 1027 – Blog by Dylan Wilson"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 […]
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