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Keywords: open cluster, asterism
![Рассеянное скопление NGC 290: звездная шкатулка драгоценностей](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/10/13/0001509357/Ngc290_HubbleOlszewski_960.preview.jpg)
13.10.2019
Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do. Like gems in a jewel box, though, the stars of open cluster NGC 290 glitter in a beautiful display of brightness and color. The photogenic cluster, pictured here, was captured in 2006 by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
![Северный зимний шестиугольник](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/12/26/0001585244/Orava_Duskova_WinterHexagon_0.preview.jpg)
26.12.2019
December's New Moon brought a solar eclipse to some for the holiday season. It also gave beautiful dark night skies to skygazers around the globe, like this moonless northern winter night. In the scene, bright stars of the Winter Hexagon along the Milky Way are rising.
![Мессье 20 и 21](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/06/28/0001385400/M20_M21CompositeMP1024.preview.jpg)
28.06.2017
The beautiful Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, lies about 5,000 light-years away, a colorful study in cosmic contrasts. It shares this nearly 1 degree wide field with open star cluster Messier 21 (top left).
![Небесный фейерверк: звездное скопление Вестерлунд 2](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/07/04/0001385719/west2.preview.jpg)
4.07.2017
What if you could go right into a cluster where stars are forming? A one-minute, time-lapse, video visualization of just this has been made with 3D computer modeling of the region surrounding the star cluster Westerlund 2, based on images from the Hubble Space Telescope in visible and infrared light.
![NGC 3324 в Киле](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/04/06/0001405482/NGC3324_SHO_1024.preview.jpg)
6.04.2018
This bright cosmic cloud was sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the hot young stars of open cluster NGC 3324. With dust clouds in silhouette against its glowing atomic gas, the pocket-shaped star-forming region actually spans about 35 light-years. It lies some 7,500 light-years away toward the nebula rich southern constellation Carina.
![Большой Ковш: усиленное изображение](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2015/03/17/0001333855/BigDipperEnhanced_carpentier_598.preview.jpg)
16.03.2015
Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern sky: the Big Dipper. This grouping of stars is one of the few things that has likely been seen, and will be seen, by every human generation.
![Мессье 20 и 21](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/08/29/0001320377/m20m21_feynes1024.preview.jpg)
28.08.2014
The beautiful Trifid Nebula, also known as Messier 20, is easy to find with a small telescope in the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. About 5,000 light-years away, the colorful study in cosmic contrasts shares this well-composed, nearly 1 degree wide field with open star cluster Messier 21 (top right).
![Каскад Кембла](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/01/03/0001868089/KembleCascade_Lease_960.preview.jpg)
3.01.2023
This line of stars is real. A little too faint to see with the unaided eye, KembleБs Cascade of stars inspires awe when seen with binoculars. Like the Big Dipper though, KembleБs Cascade is an asterism, not a constellation. The asterism is visible in the northern sky toward the long-necked constellation of the Giraffe (Camelopardalis).
![Двойное скопление в Персее](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/07/07/0001904693/Caldwell_14_2023_HaLRGB_LRGB_stars_wm-scaled.preview.png)
7.07.2023
This pretty starfield spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. It holds the famous pair of open star clusters, h and Chi Persei. Also cataloged...
![Двойное звездное скопление в Персее](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/11/22/0001858191/DoubleCluster_Lease_960.preview.jpg)
22.11.2022
Few star clusters this close to each other. Visible to the unaided eye from dark sky areas, it was cataloged in 130 BC by Greek astronomer Hipparchus. Some 7,000 light-years away, this pair...
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