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Open clusters of stars can be near or far, young or old, and diffuse or compact. Found near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, they contain from 100 to 10,000 stars, all of which formed at nearly the same time. Bright blue stars frequently distinguish younger open clusters. M35, (Bottom ) is relatively nearby at 2800 light years distant, relatively young at 150 million years old, and relatively diffuse, with about 2500 stars spread out over a volume 30 light years across. An older and more compact open cluster, NGC 2158 ( Top right ) NGC 2158 is four times more distant than M35, over 10 times older, and much more compact with many more stars in roughly the same volume of space. NGC 2158's bright blue stars have self-destructed, leaving cluster light to be dominated by older and yellower stars. Both clusters are seen toward the constellation of Gemini.
T386, T381, GM10, 44206 and T409 sit at Cootamundra awaiting their next duties.
Cootamundra, NSW.
Saturday, 20 December 2025.
(Swedish: "Öppet magasin") A part of the collection of around 500 different chairs that belong to the Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft. It's an open storage behind glass in which the chairs are kept under good conditions and at the same time an exhibition of the chair's development over the past 400 years. A lot of different materials have been used, for example plastics in the red curvy chair in the middle and concrete in the long black rectangle down to the right.
rohsska.se/en/ (website also in English)
Alright, y’all…
After years of taking photographs and after years of everyone asking about this…
I’m finally selling prints of my photography!!!!!
I’m starting out small with just some 8×11 prints and a small selection of my best work, but we’ll move to bigger sizes and different materials soon!
Also- if you know of a photo that I’ve posted here or on flickr or instagram that isn’t on Etsy… ask me to upload it. It’s easy and I can make a listing for you.
In addition to that- I know everyone wants calendars. That’ll happen as we get closer to 2024 and it’s a better deal to make a calendar for a whole new year.
Anyway. That’s that. Thanks for keeping the pressure on me to finally do this. I’ve always wanted to and it’s REALLY nice to finally have this done.
Enjoy! Welcome to my store! I don’t know! Something something support the arts!
Print Shop: Wexplorations on Etsy - www.etsy.com/shop/Wexplorations?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
This is a photo of the Loyalsock creek nearly completely covered by ice and snow. This black and white photo seems to draw me into it, and causes my blood pressure to drop.
M36 (right) and M38 (left) are two prominent open clusters located in the constellation Auriga. Open clusters are a group of starts which formed from the same cloud of gas and dust, but are not gravitationally bound - they will eventually wonder apart. Our sun formed in an open cluster; however, over the 4.7 billion since it's formation, our sibling stars have drifted apart . A similar fate awaits the open clusters above... its just a matter of time.
These two open clusters are also know as the Pinwheel (M36) and Starfish (M38) - both are more that 4k light years away. An additional open cluster, NGC 1907, is visible above M38 (@ 1'clock).
These are excellent targets for small telescopes and binoculars.
20171223 - Newtown, PA
Cold and blustery - < 1/2 of the subs were usable - vibrations from gusty winds (20-25mph)... even those kept were not great.
Nikon D5500
Nikon 300mmf/4.5 MF ED, f/5.6, 3200iso
24x30s (Stacked in Regim w/Darks)
iOptron SkyTrackerPro
Regim 1.8Sigma stacked w/darks
Processed in Affinity Photo
cropped to ~ 2.5 x 3.4 degrees (original ~3 x 4.5 d)
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4277 lifts a goods train into Cheddleton station during a 30742 Charters event at the Churnet Valley Railway.
If you look at the upper mandible, you will see that it was moving when I took this picture. And indeed, while my little camera was busy saving this shot, the pelican opened its bill to almost 180°!...
OBSERVE Collective
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Former Fort Ord building, Monterey County, Ca.
Took a little trip to the former Fort Ord today. This place is immense, and at its peak had as many as 50,000 soldiers stationed there. Though many buildings have been demolished, there are still hundreds of buildings and structures left, with most being allowed to rot. Since the base was closed in 1994, much of the land has been repurposed. The biggest change is probably the establishment of the California State University Monterey Bay.
To see all of the decaying facilities is to get just a bit of a hint of the immense amount of blood and treasure our country has wasted in pursuits of warfare. It should be visited by more people. (No trespassing signs everywhere make it difficult.) And, as immense as this place is, it is only a microcosm of all the waste involved in human bellicosity.
Unboxing my new 17" MacBook Pro. Featuring the 2.53GHz Core i5, 128GB SSD, 4GB RAM, and Anti-glare screen.
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shot in full manual mode: manual focus, manual aperture, manual shutter speed.
Nikon D80+Nikkor 50mm, f/1.8
taken for Macro Monday theme "Contradiction"
I want to thank you in advance for any comments and/or faves. Today is packing day for a trip. Sorry but I'm really short of time.
Will miss all of you for a couple of weeks, but I'll be back and I'll be looking in on everyone's wonderful work with my iPad. :) See you soon.
The contrast between the open and closed shots is quite amazing, when the sun starts to shine these flashes of blue iridescence light up the hillside....quite amazing...just that, makes the early morning starts all worthwhile.
This sunflower is actually open up during winter time. It just self seedling after summer and flowering middle of winter. I think because the season isn’t right, so this sunflower plant doesn’t grow as big as my others sunflowers those grew in summer.
I like sunflower very much… the colours, the petals, the size, just love everything about it. So I have to grow sunflowers each year summer time. Because it does make me feel a lot more about summer… However, I just don’t like summer at all!! Because it is just too hot for me and my cat!!!
in diversity beauty resides
though you still wish you were the prettiest flower
his stem gulps your water
her leaf steals your share of rays
you thrive and bloom
yet still your buds tremble
albeit nights are not cold