Not exact matches
The Soul Nebula is an
open cluster of
stars surrounded
by a cloud of dust and gas over 150 light - years across and located about 6,500 light - years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near the Heart Nebula.
Immediately south of the
star cloud, separated
by a dark band, is the emission nebula IC 1283 - 1284, with two adjacent reflection nebulae, NGC 6589 and NGC 6590, all these nebulae associated with the little conspicuous
open cluster NGC 6595.
An average
open cluster has spread most of its member
stars along its path after several 100 million years; only few of them have an age counted
by billions of years.
Society for Nebulous Knowledge,
Open Star Cluster in Sagittarius
by Anabella Gaposchk circa 1903, silver gelatin photogram (baking soda) 2002 (8» x5»).