Using the 104-cm Sampurnanand optical telescope, Indian astronomers have performed photometric observations of an open cluster named King 6, which resulted in the detection of three new variable stars ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare celestial jewel -- a so-called Planetary Nebula (PN) inside a 500 million-year-old Galactic Open Cluster (OC) called M37 (also known as NGC2099). This is a very rare ...

Star clusters are groups of stars formed from the same material. Globular clusters are old, spherical, and contain many stars. Open clusters are younger, less dense, and have irregular shapes.

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