NGC 6946 is a poster child for supernovae, which underscores its nickname. Bright supernovae in NGC 6946 have occurred in 1917, 1939, 1948, 1968, 1969, 1980, 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2017 .

NGC 6946’s ghostly pale 10′-wide disk is a fitting match for its cluster companion, ... Cygni, we now look about 1¾˚ northeast for the 7th-magnitude open cluster NGC 6811.

Using data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers from Chile have inspected a young open cluster known as NGC 6383. Results of the new study, presented in a paper published March 1 on the pre ...

The study confirmed the cluster membership of 262 stars out of 3,871 candidates in the field of NGC 1960. The astronomers noted that this number is relatively low in comparison of the total number ...

Messier 11 is an open cluster, sometimes referred to as a galactic cluster, ... *The alternative and evocative name for NGC 6705, the Wild Duck Cluster, came about in the 19th century.

The open star cluster NGC 2002 glitters with stars in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope released on Dec. 5, 2022. (Image credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore ...