Feb 4
The sky around the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, upper left) // François Bréard
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The sky around the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, upper left) // François Bréard
The Pinwheel Cluster, M36 // Alberto Pisabarro
The Pinwheel Cluster, M36 // Niklas
The Pinwheel Cluster, M36 // Kartik Butan
M36 // Peter Graf
M36 // Reg Pratt
The Pinwheel Cluster, M36 // Anis Abdul
The Pinwheel Cluster is the first of three bright star clusters in Auriga recorded by Messier, although this cluster was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna (1597-1660) before 1654. The Pinwheel Clusters is relatively young at only 25 million years old and is very similar to the Pleiades.
The Starfish Cluster (M38, bottom left) and M36 (upper right) // rokpalcic