Oct 20, 2025
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // DJVovan1
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The Spiral Cluster, M34 // DJVovan1
This is Messier 34! ✨✨✨
This open cluster contains at least 19 white dwarves that are stellar remnants of massive stars. The age of this cluster is between 200-250 million years old, which is actually relatively young! 💖💖💖
Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Chile Two telescope on September 29th, 2021 at 23:01 UTC.
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // Tryggve Dyrvik
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // Carlos Rincón
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // Grigory2020
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // William Maxwell
The Spiral Cluster, M34 // Ignacio Blanco Argibay
Leaving the galaxies behind for a few days, we return to some star clusters. The Spiral Cluster is an open cluster containing a few hundred stars and is one of the older open clusters at about 200-250 million years old. Admiral William Smyth described it as "a scattered but elegant group of stars."
M34 // Steve Ibbotson