NGC 2335

NGC 2335 is an Open Cluster in the Monoceros constellation. Discovered on Jan 10, 1785, by William Herschel, it is situated close to the celestial equator, and, as such, is at least partly visible from both hemispheres at certain times of the year. NGC 2335 is also the gateway to the Seagull Nebula and is […]

NGC 2571

NGC 2571 is an open young Cluster in the Puppis Constellation, and it is situated of the south celestial equator means it is more easily visible from the southern Hemisphere. NGC 2571 was identified during the era of systematic sky surveys in the 19th century, and it was Compiled by John Dreyer in 1880’s). open […]

NGC 2360

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, […]

ASTR113 Star Cluster NGC 3330

The intermediate star cluster NGC 3330 is actually quite intriguing in the lack of references around it. Specifically the lack of references on SIMBAD and Wikipedia. There actually were plenty of Wikipedia articles regarding this star cluster, just not in English. So the French article states that it was first discovered on April 29 1826 […]

NGC 2808

NGC 2808 is an old age cluster in the southern constellation Carina. It is one of the largest star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy containing over a million stars across three separate generations of stars which were all born within 200 million years of the formation of the cluster. For NGC 2808 to contain […]

NGC 6025

NGC 6025, also known as Caldwell 95, is an intermediate open cluster located in the Southern constellation Triangulum Australe. It was discovered in 1751 by Abbe Lacaille during his expedition to the Cape of Good Hope. In a study done by M.J.Rain et al., (2021), a new Gaia-based catalogue of blue stragglers in open clusters was […]

NGC 3532 cluster analysis

NGC 3532, also known as the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster situated in the southern hemisphere. It is located in the constellation Carina approximately 405 parsecs from Earth (Robichon et al., 2005). It is classified as an intermediate age cluster with an age of 300 Myr (Fritzewski et al., 2021). Concerning its history […]