Star Clusters
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Pictures of Star Clusters by Dick Locke.   Star Clusters are simply groupings of stars, and the groups are smaller than galaxies.  There are two types: Globular and Open.  This page is evolving to present a visual index of my star cluster pictures. 

Omega Centauri - Globular Cluster Picture

Bigger close-up version here.  Omega Centauri is the biggest and best globular star cluster in our galaxy, containing the mass of about 5 million stars.  Globular clusters are like small galaxies in some ways.  Check out Centaurus A, which is in the neighborhood.  More info on Omega Centauri here.  Seds Globular Cluster page.  More about star clusters is here:  

This picture of Omega Centauri above is from 3/25/2006 at the HAS site and is a combination of 4 exposures of 4 minutes each.   More pix from that night are here.

This grid of clusters below is under construction!

M13, M69, M92, and M19	M68, M48, and M93 M68 is a nice Glob...	Clusters Page 2 (M67, M35, M50, M53)	Clusters Page 3 (M37, ET Cluster)
Clusters Page 4 (M6, M7)		M38, M36, M93, M46
IC4628	Christmas Tree Cluster	Double Cluster  in Perseus (NGC 869 & NGC 884)	Double Cluster @ 180mm
NGC 6231, a nice open cluster near IC  4628	M7, Ptolemy's Cluster	NGC 6231, a nice open cluster in Scorpius	Close-up of globular cluster M4.  Click on thumbnail, or here for Antares area page.
M52 and Bubble Nebula	M79 A small cluster...  4 x 4 min = 16 minutes.		NGC 2471, 2541, and M4
This was an old Nikon D100 DSLR Image of Omega Centauri from the Davis Mountains, 05/2004.   New Omega Centauri here.	NGC 2477, (just a picture here) another nice cluster, in Puppis.  This was a fun early-evening target.  More info below.	M41 Open cluster in Canis Major	NGC 2451 (just a picture here), an early evening open cluster.  I must say it looked great  in binoculars, and the picture doesn't do it justice.   This is in Puppis and was too far south for Messier to see.  More info on this page

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