NGCs 1850/54/58

[sjastro]

Includes the very weird NGC 1850 (the cluster with the swirling gas).

NGC 1850 is a double globular cluster the 2 components are only 40 million and 4 million years ago.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ngc1850nnc.html (http://users.westconnect.com.au/%7Esjastro/ngc1850nnc.html)

Here is the 8.2M VLT image of it and a brief description.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001224.html

Clear skies

Steven

[Dennis]

Wow, that’s a superb image of this region. I can’t help but think of Olbers Paradox when I gaze at this – a star everywhere I look!

Cheers

Dennis

[gregbradley]

Very nice Steven.

Greg

[marc4darkskies]

Very nice image Steven! Off the beaten track & interesting.

Cheers, Marcus

[renormalised]

Great shot there, Steven. Very interesting subject.

[sjastro]

Thanks Dennis, Greg, Marcus, Carl.

Clear skies

Steven

[RB]

Wonderful image Steven.
Such an interesting area.

Well done.

[sjastro]

Thanks Andrew and congratulations on the Tarantula image.

Regards

Steven