Star Clusters
The orange star is Antares, a giant star in the constellation Scorpius.
There
are large interstellar dust clouds visible in the image.
If Antares was placed where
our sun is, it would fill the solar
system out to Mars. This was with a 500mm,
f4.5, ISO 1600.
The two
star clusters are M4 and NGC 6144.
Omega Centauri, a very large star cluster, it is about 150 light years in
diameter
and contains an estimated 10 million stars, located 15,800 light years from
Earth.
This was imaged at a very low 5 degrees above the horizon, but looks
pretty good considering that.
M 13, the Great Cluster in Hercules
Canon 7D MII modded, Celestron C8 with focal reducer, Losmandy G11
M44, the Beehive Cluster. 500mm
M5, a star cluster in the constellation Serpens. M5 is about 165 light-years in
diameter, estimated 24,500 light-years from Earth, and it contains
more than
100,000 stars, as many as 500,000 according to some estimates. 500mm.
More Star Clusters:
Caroline's Rose Cluster NGC 7789
M5 Star
Cluster
Pleiades,
M45
M3
Star Cluster
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