Tag: open cluster
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October Deep Sky Objects and Exoplanets: The Golden-Eye Cluster, Orion’s Sword, and Whirlpool Galaxy
Today we are going to take a look at a couple of the other things that are visible in the October sky, starting with a particular cluster of stars that is visible in the morning. We looking at the morning of the 14th, with Mars in Cancer the Crab. Even though the constellation Cancer isn’t…
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Even More October Stargazing: Mercury & Venus, Mars in the Beehive Cluster and More!
In a recent piece, we took a look ahead to a couple of the events that were occurring in October but there were so many things going on that I didn’t get a chance to look at all of them. In the last piece, we took a look at some of Jupiter’s moons occulting each…
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The Beehive Cluster in the Morning and a 2031 Moon-Venus Occultation!
Today we are going to be taking a look at the Beehive Cluster, which is an open cluster of stars that we can see around morning time at the moment. We are going to take a look forward to the year 2031 to observe this cluster in the future for an event that was suggested…
