A distant star cloud

Kfir Simon, taken from Tivoli Farm, Namibia Unlike a star cluster, whose members are bound by their own gravity, a star cloud is simply a dense concentration of stars, appearing exactly as it sounds. NGC 206 (at center) is the brightest star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), captured here with a 24-inch scope atContinue reading “A distant star cloud”
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