Jump to content

File:Messier11.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikibooks, open books for an open world

Messier11.jpg (516 × 387 pixels, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

English: The open cluster Messier 11 Many stars like our Sun were formed in open clusters. The above pictured open cluster, M11, contains thousands of stars and is just over five thousand light years distant. The stars in this cluster all formed together about 250 million years ago. The bright young stars in M11 appear blue. Open clusters, also called galactic clusters, contain fewer and younger stars than globular clusters. Also unlike globular clusters, open clusters are generally confined to the plane of our Galaxy. M11 is visible with binoculars towards the constellation of Scutum.
Slovenčina: Hviezdokopa Divá kačica

Source: NASA Picture of the Day


Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:00, 28 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 22:00, 28 May 2005516 × 387 (78 KB)Thuressonlarger version
15:03, 20 January 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:03, 20 January 2005150 × 150 (11 KB)CWitteThe open cluster Messier 11

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

View more global usage of this file.

Metadata