[richardo (Rich)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

An amazing galaxy photo Rich.

I love it.

Thanks.

Ross.

Thanks very much Ross!

Originally Posted by iceman

That's a beauty, Rich. Lovely galaxy.

Cheers for the comment Mike!

Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman

Rich,

I am glad I cleared up the identity of the nuclear star cluster in NGC 300.

These objects are interesting because they appear to be similar to globular star clusters, yet they can be quite young, unlike all of our own Galaxy's globulars. They tend to be most obvious in galaxies of Hubble Type Sd, as Sd galaxies are systematically less luminous than Sc galaxies, which means that there is less dust extinction in these galaxies (lower mass galaxies seem not to be able to hold on to much interstellar dust)

There also exist other types of globular-cluster-like objects;
such as the Massive Compact Young Clusters recently formed in some collisions between galaxies, and similar looking young clusters in our own Milky Way...... such as Westerlund 1 and NGC 3603
(see the post "Terzan Trio")

Robert

P.S
Messier 11 is usually regarded as an "open" star cluster, yet its total mass and its structure resemble that of a Low Mass globular star cluster.

Thanks again Robert!
I did read that the stars within the clusters of this particular galaxy were much younger than a typical cluster... interesting to note that this occurs in the fainter, central bulge spiral Galaxies (Sd types) in comparison to the Sc type...
All starts to makes sense when we look a little in depth to the morphology of the galaxy types.

Thanks all for your input..
Much appreciated.

All the best
Rich