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IC1590 is a young open cluster embedded in an emission nebula around NGC281, the Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia.
There's an interesting Bok globule near the cluster. Bok globules are dense patches of dust thought to be associated with star formation.
54 mins data captured with the RC8 and Hypercam 183C, binned 3x3. Stacked in DSS, processed in Pixinsight. There's actually more nebulosity than is visible but i tuned it down to bring out the contrast between areas.
This Russian, air-dropped RBK-500 cluster munition was found near the birzha, or gathering place, in Variani. The RBK-500, shown on October 18, 2008, carried AO-2.5 RTM submunitions.
© 2008 Bonnie Docherty/Human Rights Watch
The origin of Waterview Cluster stems from the overall concept for Reston, and more locally, the Lake Anne community. In the early 1960`s, founder Robert E. Simon planned the Lake Anne area with a zoning and land use concept that is still evident today. Since then, Waterview has evolved into a mature cluster within the community of Reston. Some of the original occupants still live here today. Great credit must be given to Chloethiel Smith, architect, for creating an environment that lasts.
Simon realized that suburban sprawl resulted in wasted space, added road networks, lack of public areas, and loss of a sense of community. His “Residential Planned Community (RPC)” zoning allowed for the elimination of side yard requirements, enabling townhouse clusters like Waterview to conserve land for use as functional open space, such as lakes, streams, swimming pools, walking paths, playgrounds and wooded areas, all in common to our cluster`s residences.
In addition, RPC zoning stressed mixed uses and reduced distances between homes and offices, shops, community facilities, and recreation. It also provided day and night use of the same areas and facilities. Waterview Cluster`s close proximity to Lake Anne Village Center embodies this concept.
Following the adoption of RPC zoning by the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County in 1962, Simon moved forward with the development of Lake Anne Village Center, Heron House, Hickory Cluster and Waterview Cluster. The first occupants arrived in 1964. Waterview was built on a hillside of 28 acres with a ratio of six homes per developable acre, resulting in 90 townhouses on 15 acres suitable for building. To create a universe within itself, Mr. Simon constructed all four projects at the same time. Certainly, this was risky, but the offering of choice, variety and amenities were judged to be worth taking a chance. In fact, fifty-six lenders had to be contacted prior to successful placement of development financing.
Here's a little gem close to home. NGC 4755 or the Jewelbox Cluster is a little group of stars easily visible through decent binoculars. It's located right next to our own Southern Cross.
Taken with a Celestron C8, and Nikon D800.
47min exposure, 30 second subs.
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of stars in the Wild Duck Cluster.
Original caption: This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum (The Shield). Messier 11 is also known as the Wild Duck Cluster, as its brightest stars form a “V” shape that somewhat resembles a flock of ducks in flight. Messier 11 is one of the richest and most compact open clusters currently known. By investigating the brightest, hottest main sequence stars in the cluster astronomers estimate that it formed roughly 220 million years ago. Open clusters tend to contain fewer and younger stars than their more compact globular cousins, and Messier 11 is no exception: at its centre lie many blue stars, the hottest and youngest of the cluster’s few thousand stellar residents. The lifespans of open clusters are also relatively short compared to those of globular ones; stars in open clusters are spread further apart and are thus not as strongly bound to each other by gravity, causing them to be more easily and quickly drawn away by stronger gravitational forces. As a result Messier 11 is likely to disperse in a few million years as its members are ejected one by one, pulled away by other celestial objects in the vicinity.
This image covers a field of 0.5° x 0.5° in the Southern constellation of Norma (The Level) and in the direction of the "Great Attractor". This region is at an angular distance of about 7° from the main plane of the Milky Way, i.e. less than 15 times the width of the image shown. In this colour composite, the foreground stars in the Milky Way mostly appear as whitish spots (the "crosses" around some of the brighter stars are caused by reflections in the telescope optics). Many background galaxies are also seen. They form a huge cluster (ACO 3627) with a number of bright galaxies near the center — they stand out by their larger size and yellowish colour. In order to facilitate transport over the Web, this image has been compressed by a factor of four from its original size (8500 x 8250 pixels). North is up and East is left.
Five exposures each were made in blue (B-band filter; 5 x 300 sec), red (R-band filter; 5 x 180 sec) and near-infrared (narrow-band filter centered at 816 nm; 5 x 240 sec) light and combined into a false-colour composite by using blue, green, and red colour for the three images, respectively. A logarithmic intensity scale is used to better show the inner as well as the outer regions of the galaxies in this field.
Credit: ESO
A cluster of puffball goodness! This was my last shot on this walk. The fog completely ruined the latter section as for many miles I saw almost nothing. Still it was an interesting walk because of the conditions and I'm glad so many of you enjoyed following me and commenting. I really appreciate all your feedback! A new walk starts tomorrow, but if you want to read more about this one please see my blog entry at www.worthingwanderer.blogspot.com/2011/12/sussex-border-p...
Metasepia pfefferi (Sepiidae)
Appearance: The mantle and head are covered with flap-like, fleshy protuberances (papillae),and a V-shaped fleshy ridge runs along the underside. Yellow fins flutter along the sides to propel the animal slowly though the water or along the substrate. Max mantle length: 6–8 cm.
Distribution: From Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, to Australia.
Habitat: Shallow, low-energy tropical marine waters (3 to 85 m) with mud, sand, or coral rubble substrate.
Distribution: Western Australia to northeastward, Queensland the southern coast of New Guinea and also the Philippines. Habitat: sand and mud substrate in shallow waters at depths of 3 to 86 m.
Appearance : The normal base color of this species is dark brown. Individuals that are disturbed or attacked quickly change colour to a pattern of black, dark
brown, and white, with yellow patches around the mantle, arms, and eyes. The arm tips often display bright red coloration to ward off would-be predators.
Mortality/Longevity: Life span: c. 1 year. Remarks: This fellow’s flamboyance may also carry a warning message. One researcher recently claimed this species to be the only cuttlefish known to be toxic, asserting that muscle tissue of this species possesses a toxin as deadly as that of its cephalopod relative, the blue-ringed octopus! Aquarists beware, certainly until further substantiation.
Remarks: Animals displaying this color pattern have been observed using their lower arms to walk or "amble" along the sea floor while rhythmically waving the wide protective membranes on their arms. It has been suggested that this behavior advertises a poisonous or distasteful nature. The flesh of this cuttlefish is poisonous, containing a unique toxin.
Cuttles
Animal Attractions 12-1-15
12-18-12
Cluster Fig Tree / Goolar (Gular) Fig
Ficus racemosa / Ficus glomerata
Atti
Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Nothing fancy here, just going back to basics with a series of single exposure, uncalibrated tripod-monted shots of a beautiful sky, facing south over Lower Mazinaw Lake from Main Beach. The open star clusters Messier 7 (the Ptolemy Cluster, lower left) and Messier 6 (the Butterfly Cluster, upper right), located in the constellation Sagittarius, make a pretty pair. The "Cat's Eyes" at the lower right are the stinger in the tail of the nearby constellation Scorpius, the scorpion.
Taken during the Toronto Photo Walks group's camping trip to Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario.
Double cluster located above Perseus (from our perspective). Its actual location is several thousand light years further than most visible stars in Perseus. The reddish stars are red supergiants, some of which are a thousand times bigger than our sun.
This was taken from my balcony in Vancouver's West End with a Sony a6000 mirrorless mounted at prime focus with t-ring adaptor to my old motorized Celestron C8.
30 second exposure at ISO 400.
Sterling Silver Seahorse pendant accompanied with a rich cluster of pearls, crystals and silver beads.
Comes with a 20" Sterling Silver chain, ready to wear for all occasions.
crazy robusta clusters
it's like a hive of coffee cherry. it's like the borg of coffee
cherry. actually, it's a much more beautiful plant than arabica,
period.
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Clustered Bellflower. Surface sow at 70F; maintain even moisture, expect germination in 2 to 3 weeks.
Photo taken by my friends D & R who went to Japan some time ago. Personally I doubt that I'd ever visit Japan, so it's great that they took some bank, bus and plane photos for me!
A Japanese coach/ touristbus who appeared to be on shcool bus duty.
The name say Cluster Coach, a bit of a weird name I suppose.
Annotated (by the ESO) image of the Fornax Cluster.
Original caption: This annotated view labels the major galaxies around NGC 1316, a lenticular galaxy that is both in the constellation of Fornax (The Furnace) and in the Fornax Cluster. This astonishingly deep view of the cluster was captured by the VLT Survey Telescope as part of the Fornax Deep Survey.
I had never seen so many tiny clams clumped together like this before. The color and amazement of this caught my eye.
cluster-amaryllis in kinchakuda, Saitama Pref. Japan (taken in 2005)
In Japan, cluster-amaryllis is called higanbana or manjyusyage.
2005年撮影。
'Clustered' bronze Skeleton bust sculpture, self portrait of the artist suffering a cluster headache. Artist Simon Fearnhamm Raven Armoury www.ravenarmoury.com www.skelemental.co.uk
Photography by Tracy Howl