NGC 2264
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Story of a Star Cluster
Meet M13, one of my favorite globular star clusters. M13, also known as Messier 13 or the Hercules Cluster, is found — surprise surprise — in the constellation Hercules in the northern hemisphere. The really cool thing about star clusters…
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Observations of Star Birth
Astronomers have a pretty solid idea of how stars are born. They begin within the dense, cold dust of an interstellar cloud such as this one. They heat up and get more luminous as they contract, and then drop in…
