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Keywords: star cluster, open cluster, star formation, HII region
![Монстры в IC 1396](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/04/25/0001251412/ic1396_barentsen_900.preview.jpg)
25.04.2011
Is there a monster in IC 1396? Known to some as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of the glowing gas and dust clouds of this star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human. The entire nebula might even look like a face of a monster.
![Прекрасная Трёхраздельная туманность](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2011/05/13/0001251686/ngc6514_gabany_crop900.preview.jpg)
13.05.2011
The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in colorful contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region...
![NGC 6188 и NGC 6164](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2012/12/28/0001275873/ngc6188Kfir800.preview.jpg)
28.12.2012
Fantastic shapes lurk in clouds of glowing hydrogen gas in NGC 6188, about 4,000 light-years away. The emission nebula is found near the edge of a large molecular cloud unseen at visible wavelengths, in the southern constellation Ara.
![N11: звёздные облака в Большом Магеллановом Облаке](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2013/02/11/0001279690/ngc1763_lake_960.preview.jpg)
11.02.2013
Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region...
![Пузырь и звездное скопление](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/09/26/0001765672/241_lorand_fenyes_bubble_m52_1120.preview.jpg)
25.09.2021
To the eye, this cosmic composition nicely balances the Bubble Nebula at the right with open star cluster M52. The pair would be lopsided on other scales, though. Embedded in a complex of interstellar...
![NGC 7380: туманность Колдун](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/11/14/0001856908/Wizard_Popa_960.preview.jpg)
14.11.2022
What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas. Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380.
![Скопление 37](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/05/14/0001930085/NGC2169LRGBQHY183HR_c1024.preview.jpg)
14.05.2024
For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the brighter stars of open cluster NGC 2169 seem to form a cosmic 37. Did you expect 42? From our perspective, the improbable numerical asterism appears solely by chance. It lies at an estimated distance of 3,300 light-years toward the constellation Orion.
![Facing NGC 6946](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2024/07/26/0001934136/NGC6946_verB1024c.preview.jpg)
26.07.2024
From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 6946 face-on. The big, beautiful spiral galaxy is located just 20 million light-years away, behind a veil of foreground dust and stars in the high and far-off constellation Cepheus.
![Шарплесс 212: излучение водорода и серы](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/12/29/0001173850/sh212_ohp.preview.jpg)
18.12.2001
Where do the most massive stars form? Observational evidence indicates that the outskirts of developing open clusters of stars are primary locations. Pictured above is one such open cluster: Sharpless 212. Visible in the image center are massive stars in the open cluster.
![M82 после столкновения](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/03/19/0001166745/m82_hst.preview.jpg)
12.03.2001
When did the Cigar Galaxy light up? Evidence indicates how M82, the Cigar Galaxy, became so bright and peculiar: it collided with neighboring galaxy M81. Astronomers become detectives, however, when trying to figure out when this collision occurred.
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