...gradually moving closer to earth. Jewel Box cluster (NGC 4755), 6,500 light-years distant with 100 stars, mostly blue giants, aged only 14 million years. Gem Cluster (NGC 3293), 8,000 light-years distant...
Read Full Page →...light-years distant; to the bottom left is Gum 31 (IC 2599), bubble-shaped region known as Gabriela Mistral (a Chilean poet) nebula; in the middle, is NGC 3293, the gem cluster of...
Read Full Page →...of Liberty (in the middle) and Eta Carinae nebulae. Parts of the Carina Nebula Complex, 8,000 light-years distant; to the bottom left is Gum 31 (IC 2599), bubble-shaped region known as...
Read Full Page →...of mass. They do not fear the crowd; they rely on it. “Ten million stellar souls moving in a single, silent harmony. A metropolis of light that teaches us to conquer...
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